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verb

Shed v. t. (past & past part. shed; pres. part. shedding)

1.

To separate; to divide. (Obs. or Prov. Eng.)

2.

To part with; to throw off or give forth from one's self; to emit; to diffuse; to cause to emanate or flow; to pour forth or out; to spill; as, the sun sheds light; she shed tears; the clouds shed rain. "Did Romeo's hand shed Tybalt's blood?" "Twice seven consenting years have shed Their utmost bounty on thy head."

3.

To let fall; to throw off, as a natural covering of hair, feathers, shell; to cast; as, fowls shed their feathers; serpents shed their skins; trees shed leaves.

4.

To cause to flow off without penetrating; as, a tight roof, or covering of oiled cloth, sheeds water.

5.

To sprinkle; to intersperse; to cover. (R.) "Her hair... is shed with gray."

6.

(Weaving) To divide, as the warp threads, so as to form a shed, or passageway, for the shuttle.

Shed v. i. (past & past part. shed; pres. part. shedding)

1.

To fall in drops; to pour. (Obs.) "Such a rain down from the welkin shadde."

2.

To let fall the parts, as seeds or fruit; to throw off a covering or envelope. "White oats are apt to shed most as they lie, and black as they stand."

noun

Shedding n.

1.

The act of shedding, separating, or casting off or out; as, the shedding of blood.

2.

That which is shed, or cast off. (R.)

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... of Divine worship. In this new Sacrifice the Apostles showed forth and pleaded before God, the One Sufficient Sacrifice, which they themselves had seen "once offered," with unspeakable sufferings, and all-prevailing Blood-shedding upon the Cross of Calvary. [Sidenote: and a means of union with Christ.] In it they adored Him, Whom they now acknowledged with every faculty of their souls to be indeed their "Lord" and their "God;" ...

— A Key to the Knowledge of Church History (Ancient) • John Henry Blunt

... vehicles so closely that they came to a stop. On the crowd's opening the coach doors, the one mourner scuffled out of himself and was in their hands for a moment; but he was so alert, and made such good use of his time, that in another moment he was scouring away up a bye-street, after shedding his cloak, hat, long hatband, white pocket-handkerchief, and ...

— A Tale of Two Cities - A Story of the French Revolution • Charles Dickens

... admiral entered their apartment, the whole family, shedding floods of tears, fell with their faces to the ground; from which being raised, the mother of Angria told him, in a piteous tone, "the people had no king, she no son, her daughter no husband, their children no father." The admiral replying, "they must look ...

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... confirm with certainty our interpretation of the "sea" and "rivers and fountains of waters" as signifying those nations which had been the persecutors of the saints, and show, also, the character of the divine judgments as being the shedding of their blood. They had shed the blood of saints and prophets, and now the same cup of wrath was placed to their lips, and they were forced to drink it to the dregs. God remembered the sighs and groans of his faithful followers; ...

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