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shoad, shode local. (ʃəʊd) Forms: 7–9 shod, (8 shoald), 7– shoad, 8– shode; also 7 shadd, 7–8 shade. [Prob. a derivative of OE. scádan to divide, separate: see shed v. Cf. shode. The genuineness of the forms shadd, shade is doubtful.] Loose fragments of tin, lead, or copper ore mixed with earth, lyi...
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shode
▪ I. † shode Obs. Forms: 1 scáda, 4 schod(e, schood, 4– shode. [OE. scáda wk. masc.:—prehistoric *skaidan-, f. Teut. root *skaiđ- to divide: see shed v. From the same root (or the parallel form *skaiþ-) are MDu. scheide (mod.Du. schei), OS. scêthlo, MDu. scheidel (mod.Du. scheel), OHG. sceibila (mod...
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shoddy
▪ I. shoddy, n. (ˈʃɒdɪ) [Of obscure origin. It is possible that sense 4 may be the original meaning; if so, the word may be a derivative of shoad n.] 1. a. Woollen yarn obtained by tearing to shreds refuse woollen rags, which, with the addition of some new wool, is made into a kind of cloth (see 2)....
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shoal
▪ I. shoal, n.1 (ʃəʊl) Forms: α. 4–5 shelde. β. (Chiefly Sc.) 4–6 schald, 5 schauld, 6 schalde, shaulde, (9 dial. shall, shad); 6 pl. shawllys. γ. 5–7 sholde, 6–7 shold, should(e, 7 showld, shoald, (9 dial. shod, shoad). δ. 6 shol, shoel(l, 6–7 shole, 7 shoule, (schoole), 7–8 shoale, 7– shoal. [Abso...
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squad
▪ I. squad, n.1 (skwɒd) [ad. F. escouade, earlier esquade (esquouade), var. of esquadre squader.] 1. Mil. a. A small number of men, a subdivision or section of a company, formed for drill or told off for some special purpose.1649 G. Daniel Trinarch., Hen. V, clxxxv, The Ragged Squad, whose Pay, ill-...
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lode
lode (ləʊd) Forms: 1 lád, (laad), 3 lad, 3–4 (9 dial.) lade, 4 lod, 6 loode, 6–9 load, 7 loade, 9 dial. looad, 4– lode. [OE. lád fem.: see load n., of which lode is merely a graphic variant, now appropriated to certain special senses. (The obs. senses are placed under the one or the other word accor...
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shade
▪ I. shade, n. (ʃeɪd) Forms: 1 sceadu, scead, scad, sced, scæd, 3 ssade, 3–4 schade, 4 ssed(e, 5, 7, 9 dial. shad(de, 6 shaad, 6–7 Sc. schad, 4, 6– shade. [ME. schade, repr. OE. sceadu str. fem. (oblique cases sceadwe, also irreg. sceade) and the by-form scead neut. (dat. sing. sceade, pl. sceadu). ...
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float
▪ I. float, n. (fləʊt) Forms: 1 flot, 3–7 flote, (4–6 flot, 5 floote, floit, floyt(e, 7 flotte), 6–7 floate, 6– float. [Several distinct formations, ultimately from the Teut. root fleut-, flaut-, flot- (see fleet v.), seem to have coalesced. 1. OE. flot str. neut. (dat. flote) action or state of flo...
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shoe
▪ I. shoe, n. (ʃuː) Pl. shoes (ʃuːz); dial., poet., and arch. shoon (ʃuːn). Forms: sing. 1 scóh, scó, sceó, 2 sceoh, 2–6 sho, 3 sco, 4 sso, 3–6 scho, 4–6 schoo, 4–7 shoo, (4 show), 6 showe, shue, (shough), 6–7 shew, 6–8 shooe, 6– shoe. pl. α. 1 scós, 1–2 sceós, 4–7 shoos, 4 schos, 5 schoz, schoys, s...
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