▪ I. should, n. nonce-wd.
(ʃʊd)
An utterance of the word should. Also, what ‘should be’.
| 1604 Shakes. Ham. iv. vii. 123 (Qo. 2) And then this should is like a spend thrifts sigh, That hurts by easing. 1854 Emerson Lett. & Soc. Aims Wks. (Bohn) III. 151 All writings must be in a degree exoteric, written to a human should or would, instead of to the fatal is. |
▪ II. should
pa. tense of shall v.; obs. f. shoal.