sid Sc.
[app. a var. of seed n., but the pron. (sɪd) is not used in Sc. in the usual senses of that word.]
An inner husk of grain detached from the kernel in grinding. Usu. in pl.
| 1673 Justiciary Rec. (S.H.S.) II. 166 [He] called for a lippie of Sidds to his Dogs. 1801 Farmer's Mag. Apr. 215 After grinding the sharps, I..sifted them with a common meal sieve; they produced 7 pecks of meal and 1 peck of sids. 1865 Blue Bk., Dock & Victualling Yard Expend. 59 Offal Stores. These consist..of sids, husks, and dust, arising from the conversion of oats into oatmeal. |