One who, or that which, sheds; as, a shedder of blood; a shedder of tears.
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(Zool.) A crab in the act of casting its shell, or immediately afterwards while still soft; applied especially to the edible crabs, which are most prized while in this state.
... risest thou so swift round my bed, where but now I nestled close to dear Demo? Would God thou wouldst turn thy fleet course backward and be evening, thou shedder of the sweet light that is so bitter to me. For once before, for Zeus and his Alcmena, thou wentest contrary; thou art not unlessoned in ... — Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology • J. W. Mackail
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