shecklatont

Same as ciclaton. shed1 (shed), v.; pret. and pp. shed, ppr. shed ding. [Early mod. E. also shead, shede; Schyre schedez the rayn in schowrez ful war me. Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight (E. E. T. S.) 1. 506. Swich a reyn doun fro the welkne shadde That slow the fyr, and made him to escape. Chaucer, Monk's Tale, 1. 741. Faxe fyltered, & felt flosed hym vmbe, That schod fro his schul deres to his schyre wykes. Alliterative Poems (ed. Morris), ii. 1690. shed1 (shed), n. [Early mod. E. also shead , shede, also dial. shode ; schad , shæd , separation, division, the parting of the hair, the temple or top of the head, scade , the top of the head, a division, separation, ge - sceád , division, separation, = OS. scēth = OFries. skēthe , skēd , scheid = OHG. sceit , MHG. G. scheit , distinction, division, etc.; cf. D. ( haar- ) scheel , a tre of hair, MLG. schedel = OHG. seeitila , MHG.G.scheitel , the parting of the hair, the top of the head, the hair thereon; from the verb. The noun shed is most familiar in the comp. water-shed.] 1. A division or parting: as, the = its shell, or has just done so and is growing a new one. I'm going to make a cast, as soon as you drop the anchor and give me some of that bait - which, by the way, would be a great deal more tempting to the trout if it were a shedder or "buster" instead of a hard-shell crab. St. Nicholas , XVII. 639. 3. An adult female salmon after spawning. shedding1 (shed'ing), n. [ Forr Farisew [Pharisee] bitacneth u shædinng inn Enngli h spæche. Orminn , 16863. Then we got out to that shedding of the roads which marks the junction of the highways coming down from Glasgow and Edinburgh. W. Black , Phaëton, xxix. 2. A pouring out or spilling; effusion: as, the shedding of blood. I thank the, lord, with ruful entent Of thi peynus and thi turment, With carful hert and dreri mod, For schedynd of thi swet blod. Holy Rood (E. E. T. S.), p. 194. Almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remi ion. Heb. ix. 22. 3. The act of letting fall, casting off, or parting with something, as a plant its seed when ripe, or a covering husk: as, the shedding of wheat. Promptly with the coming of the spring, if not even in the last week of February, the buffalo begins the shedding of his winter coat. W. T. Horn a day , Smithsonian Report, 1887, ii. 412. 4. That which is shed, cast off, or exuviated; a cast or exuvium.