Shred

shred, v. [shred, -ding.] To cut or tear into small pieces, esp. narrow and long pieces (of cloth,narrow leather,piece cutetc.).or —to rnA long,off a onrapneic bhell. strip a fragment piece. [AS. screade, a strip, screadian, to shred; scroll, screed.'] Shrew, shroo, A brawling, turbulent, vexatious woman a scold. (Zo'ol.) _A shrew-mouse. — v. [Surewed or shrewd (shrood); shrewing.] To beshrew, curse. [ME. shrewe, schrewe, screwe, wicked, bad (said of both sexes), AS. screened, a shrewmouse, fr. a notion that bite was fatal to cattle, etc., the biter; Skr. kshur, to scratch, cut, kshura, Gr. xuron, a razor, E. shred, shroud, scruple, scrutiny, beshrew.] — Shrewd, shrood, a. Disposed to be critical and censorious astute penetrating; discriminating; involving or displaying an astute or sagacious judgment keen vexatious subtle; discerning. [ME. schrewed, orig. accursed, p. p. of schrewen, to curse.] — Shrewd'ly, adv. Archly; sagaciously; with good gue . — Shrewd'neas, — Shrew'ish, a. Having the qualities of a shrew; froward; peevish; petulantly clamorous. — Shrewr ishly, adv.— Shrewishne , n. «^lga__ _*«gEr*«*»^ ^ —Shrew'-mouse, S^\ (Zool.) An insectivorous animal which burrows in the ground.