sheddingn.¹

/ˈʃɛdɪŋ/

Forms: Also 1600s schiding.

Etymology: < shed v.¹ + -ing suffix¹.

The action or an act of shed v.¹ in various senses.

a. Separation, parting, division. Also concrete = shed n.¹ Now only dialect, spec. with reference to sheep. Cf. sheading n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > [noun]

asunderingeOE

sheddingc1175

twinning?c1225

departingc1300

sunderinga1325

to-dighting1340

partingc1350

disseverancec1374

divisionc1374

severinga1382

departitionc1400

separation1413

sunderance1435

departisonc1440

deceperationa1450

severance1467

dissevering1488

dissever?1507

departurec1515

dividing1526

partition1530

sejunction1532

separatinga1557

sequestration1567

decision1574

divorce1593

disseveration16..

dissevermenta1603

sunderment1603

disparting1611

disunition1611

singling1625

divide1642

severation1649

concisure1656

department1677

secretion1696

abgregation1730

disengagement1791

disassociation1825

dispartment1869

dissociation1877

secernment1894

breakaway1897

delinkage1973

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > [noun] > sheep herding > separating or mixing sheep

shedding1832

box1868

boxing1869

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 16863 Forr farisew bitacneþþ uss Shædinng onn ennglissh spæche.

1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 12418 ‘Dymynucyon’..ys to mene also anoþer þyng, Of þy synne to make shedyng.

c1440 W. Hylton Scala Perfeccionis (1494) ii. xxxvi And this is the yefte of loue that makyth shedynge atwyx chosen soules & reproued.

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Scriminatura, the shedding or diuiding of a womans haires of a head.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Greve La greve des cheveux (&, les cheveux departis en greve), the shedding, or shading of the haire; the parting thereof on the forehead (after the old fashion).

1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess 103 Gin he look'd blyth, the lassie looked mair, For shame was past the shedding o' her hair.

1872 W. Black Strange Adventures Phaeton xxix Then we got out to that ‘shedding’ of the roads, which marks the junction of the highways coming down from Glasgow and Edinburgh.

1921 Kelso Chron. 26 Aug. 2 Test—Hauld between two poles, drive round trainer, and proceed between two other sets of poles before penning, shedding, and wearing.

1942 R. B. Kelley Animal Breeding xv. 140 In Scotland ‘shedding’ is a special feature of the dog's training.

1956 J. Murray Rural Rhymes 27 An' them they had a sheep tae pairt Frae a' the rest—ca'ed sheddin'.

1957 Dumfries & Galloway Standard 19 Oct. 5/6 Midge had a good run out and the most perfect lift in the competition, perfect fetch, driving and shedding but lost one mark in the penning to total 49 points.

in combination.1610 Bible (Douay) II. Isa. iii. 20 Our Lord shal take away..the sheading combes.1832 Trans. Highl. Soc. 295 When gathered to the same fold or shedding-place together.1959 Times 18 Sept. 7/5 He appeared to be well in the lead when he reached the shedding ring.1977 Field 13 Jan. 55/2 Each dog guided a bunch of sheep round the formalized trial course and finished by bringing them to his master in the ‘shedding’ ring.

b. dialect (concrete in plural). See quot. 1844.

ΚΠ

1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 39 The lambs, dinmonts, or wethers, that are drafted out of the fat stock, are called the sheddings or tails.

c. Weaving. The division of the warp threads in such a manner as to permit of the passage between them of a shuttle containing the weft. Also attributive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > weaving > other processes involved in

cording1822

take-up1832

float1863

shedding1863

shuttling1874

knocking-off1912

1863 J. Watson Theory & Pract. Weaving 84 The sheding being repeated two times over.

1876 A. Barlow Hist. & Princ. Weaving 111 Shedding motions may be classed into about six varieties.

1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 466/1 The three principal motions, shedding, picking and beating up, are of course the same in both [looms].

1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 466/1 The treadles called the shedding tappets.

a. Effusion, pouring out; esp. of blood, tears, †secretions.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > [noun] > action of excreting

sheddingc1200

flux1377

outputtinga1387

purgationa1387

avoidancea1398

voidance1398

evacuation?1533

spurging1548

emptying1552

vacuation1583

emunction1601

regurgitation1601

vacation1617

excretion1640

egestion1644

weeping1655

elimination1665

despumation1684

excreting1849

the world > matter > liquid > liquid which has been emitted > action or process of emitting copiously > [noun]

sheddingc1200

yotingc1390

outyettingc1400

pouring?a1425

profusion1583

outpour1864

sloosh1919

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > [noun] > emission > copious emission or effusion

sheddingc1200

out-hieldinga1382

yotingc1390

outyettingc1400

pouring?a1425

outpouring1440

diffusionc1484

effusion1526

infusion1563

spouting1568

profusion1583

c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 65 Ne bringð no synful man quemere loc þenne teares sheding.

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 192 Ȝet nabbe ȝe naut edstonden oðet schedunge of ower blod.

1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cccclxv^v They..could not kepe them from sheding of teares.

1657 W. Coles Adam in Eden ii. 5 It helpeth..the shedding of the gall.

1769 H. Brooke Fool of Quality IV. xvii. 111 Their persons were rendered sacred..by unction, or the shedding of hallowed oil upon them.

1874 A. O'Shaughnessy Music & Moonlight 200 Base sheddings of base blood.

†b. Infusion, diffusion. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > introduction or bringing in > [noun] > infusion

shedding1398

influencec1430

infusionc1450

inflowing1530

infounding1532

afflation1576

influxion1605

influx1626

information1630

inspiration1651

overshadowing1665

influct1675

bedewmenta1680

inflow1848

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) iii. ix. 55 By vertue of spredynge and of shedynge of the spyryte of felynge in to all the synewes, all the makynge of the body is founde able to moeue.

c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) iv. xix. 185 In whiche we hadden putte fillinge of þe grete tresores of Paradys, þat was the sweete shedinge of oure grace.

†c. shedding of nature n. Obsolete gonorrhoea.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > venereal disease > [noun] > gonorrhoea

gonorrhoeaa1475

gonorrhoea passion1547

running of the reins1569

shedding of nature1584

clap1587

venereal rose1799

Rhea sisters1935

1584 T. Cogan Hauen of Health xlii. 52 A verie good medicine for the shedding of nature.

a. Dropping, scattering or letting fall, or parting with something.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > relinquishing > [noun] > parting with or letting go > shedding leaves, hair, etc.

shedding1362

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > [noun] > letting fall

shedding1362

lettingc1500

1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. vii. 9 Summe schul souwe sakkes for schedyng of Whete.

?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xix [Some] do fan their corne, the which is..a great sauergarde for sheding of the corne.

1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. i. 38 Unnaturall shedding of haire.

1732 A. Monro Anat. (ed. 2) 170 This Shedding of the Teeth is of good Use.

1863 A. Ewing in A. J. Ross Mem. (1877) 356 Our life has far more in it than is suggested by the growing and shedding of leaves.

b. concrete in plural. Shed leaves, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > by growth or development > [noun] > that which is shed

shedding1803

1803 W. Wordsworth Yew-trees in Poems of Imag. 22 Upon whose grassless floor of red brown hue, By sheddings from the pining umbrage tinged Perennially.

1856 T. Aird Poet. Wks. (new ed.) 294 She trode the dun-brown sheddings of the pine.

c. The letting fall of seeds.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > seed > plant having seed > [noun] > dispersal of seeds

shedding1721

semination1765

myrmecochory1908

hydrochory1969

1721 A. Pope Corr. 21 Oct. (1956) II. 89 Old Fletcher of Saltoune said one day to me: ‘..I am like a Tree without a Prop, and without young Trees of my own shedding, to grow round me, for Company and Defence.’

d. The premature falling of the young bolls of cotton plants.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > yielding fibre, thatching, or basket material > [noun] > cotton-plant > premature boll shedding

shedding1899

1899 Yearbk. U.S. Dept. Agric. 728 Over the eastern portion shedding was reported, with complaints of drought in portions of the Carolinas.

1974 J. W. Purseglove Trop. Crops 348 The first flowering period requires relative dryness, otherwise excessive boll shedding ensues.

4. = load-shedding n. at load n. Compounds 2. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > relinquishing > casting or laying aside > [noun]

everting1568

deposition1577

discarding1600

excussion1607

dispatch1608

reposition1617

absolution1655

depositing1667

discardment1713

discardurea1762

cashiering1826

dropping1859

discard1906

junking1911

shedding1945

load-shedding1947

the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrical power, electricity > place of power generation > [noun] > reduction in supply

shedding1945

load-shedding1947

1945 Electrician 25 May 457/1 Some shedding of the load may still be unavoidable during next winter.

1958 Listener 12 June 990/3 In June there is a shedding of the load of serious drama.

1971 IEEE Trans. Power Apparatus & Systems XC. 1460/2 The load selected for shedding will be different for various systems because of geographical, historical, political and reliability factors.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

sheddingadj.

/ˈʃɛdɪŋ/

Etymology: < shed v.¹ + -ing suffix².

That sheds, in various senses of the verb.

†a. Of liquids: Self-diffusing. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > moisture or humidity > [adjective] > of diffused moisture which imparts humidity > self-diffusing

shedding1587

1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xv. 272 The bodie is in the Soule, as..a sheading or liquid thing in a thing that is not liquid [Fr. comme..le coulant en ce qui ne coule point].

b. Dropping or casting leaves or petals.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > plant defined by leaves > [adjective] > shedding or having withered leaves or petals

shedding1687

induviate1835

1687 J. Dryden Hind & Panther iii. 98 The shedding trees began the ground to strow With yellow leaves.

1782 J. Scott Poet. Wks. 261 And green slopes redden with the shedding rose.

c. (See quot.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > growth, movement, or curvature of parts > [adjective] > permanent or discarded

shedc1430

deciduous1657

marcescent1727

fugacious1750

permanent1776

shrivelling1776

persisting1777

persistent1785

sphacelate1785

shedding1796

sphacelated1806

caducous1808

restant1828

fugitive1830

horarious1866

1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) I. 81 Shedding (caducus) continuing but a short time.

1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) I. 262 Cup 4 leaves, leafits egg-shaped, coloured, shedding.

d. shedding tooth n. any of the primary or milk teeth, which fall out and are replaced by the permanent teeth.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > mouth > types or spec. teeth > [noun] > milk

calf's-teeth1599

fore-tooth1601

sucking-tooth1601

milk tooth1738

deciduous tooth1755

shedding tooth1799

temporary tooth1802

baby tooth1834

1799 Home in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 89 258 A view of the grinding surface of a shedding tooth.

1822 J. M. Good Study Med. I. 28 The permanent teeth have separate sockets of their own; and..do not lie immediately under the corresponding shedding teeth.

1833 Hunter's Catal. Physiol. Ser. Comp. Anat. Mus. Coll. Surg. I. 100 The shedding tooth falls some time before the succeeding tooth can supply its uses.

e. figurative. Of divisions of time: Passing.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > [adjective] > passing or elapsing

overslippinga1522

rolling1656

by-running1674

shedding1816

elapsing1830

lapsing1841

1816 L. Hunt Story of Rimini iii. 134 The glass that told the shedding hours.

†2. Dividing, parting, separating. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > [adjective]

dividing1620

shedding?1674

dismembering1861

?1674 J. Bunyan Reprobation Asserted i. 2 These words are shedding words, they sever between men and men.

†3. Sloping. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > inclination > [adjective] > inclined from level or sloping

pyramidala1398

shoringc1503

slopec1503

pitching1519

current?1523

battering1589

pitched1594

aslope1599

sloping1610

shelving1615

stooping1621

raking1665

sloped1683

shedding1688

slopy1740

raked1948

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 73/1 A Barn with a sheeding Ridg.

1747 W. Hooson Miners Dict. sig. Q1b If a Rock appears to the Day,..where it seems to cut off, and more especially on Sheeding ground.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	shedding
释义	sheddingn.¹ /ˈʃɛdɪŋ/ Forms: Also 1600s schiding. Etymology: < shed v.¹ + -ing suffix¹. The action or an act of shed v.¹ in various senses. 1. a. Separation, parting, division. Also concrete = shed n.¹ Now only dialect, spec. with reference to sheep. Cf. sheading n. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > [noun] asunderingeOE sheddingc1175 twinning?c1225 departingc1300 sunderinga1325 to-dighting1340 partingc1350 disseverancec1374 divisionc1374 severinga1382 departitionc1400 separation1413 sunderance1435 departisonc1440 deceperationa1450 severance1467 dissevering1488 dissever?1507 departurec1515 dividing1526 partition1530 sejunction1532 separatinga1557 sequestration1567 decision1574 divorce1593 disseveration16.. dissevermenta1603 sunderment1603 disparting1611 disunition1611 singling1625 divide1642 severation1649 concisure1656 department1677 secretion1696 abgregation1730 disengagement1791 disassociation1825 dispartment1869 dissociation1877 secernment1894 breakaway1897 delinkage1973 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > [noun] > sheep herding > separating or mixing sheep shedding1832 box1868 boxing1869 c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 16863 Forr farisew bitacneþþ uss Shædinng onn ennglissh spæche. 1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 12418 ‘Dymynucyon’..ys to mene also anoþer þyng, Of þy synne to make shedyng. c1440 W. Hylton Scala Perfeccionis (1494) ii. xxxvi And this is the yefte of loue that makyth shedynge atwyx chosen soules & reproued. 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Scriminatura, the shedding or diuiding of a womans haires of a head. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Greve La greve des cheveux (&, les cheveux departis en greve), the shedding, or shading of the haire; the parting thereof on the forehead (after the old fashion). 1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess 103 Gin he look'd blyth, the lassie looked mair, For shame was past the shedding o' her hair. 1872 W. Black Strange Adventures Phaeton xxix Then we got out to that ‘shedding’ of the roads, which marks the junction of the highways coming down from Glasgow and Edinburgh. 1921 Kelso Chron. 26 Aug. 2 Test—Hauld between two poles, drive round trainer, and proceed between two other sets of poles before penning, shedding, and wearing. 1942 R. B. Kelley Animal Breeding xv. 140 In Scotland ‘shedding’ is a special feature of the dog's training. 1956 J. Murray Rural Rhymes 27 An' them they had a sheep tae pairt Frae a' the rest—ca'ed sheddin'. 1957 Dumfries & Galloway Standard 19 Oct. 5/6 Midge had a good run out and the most perfect lift in the competition, perfect fetch, driving and shedding but lost one mark in the penning to total 49 points. in combination.1610 Bible (Douay) II. Isa. iii. 20 Our Lord shal take away..the sheading combes.1832 Trans. Highl. Soc. 295 When gathered to the same fold or shedding-place together.1959 Times 18 Sept. 7/5 He appeared to be well in the lead when he reached the shedding ring.1977 Field 13 Jan. 55/2 Each dog guided a bunch of sheep round the formalized trial course and finished by bringing them to his master in the ‘shedding’ ring. b. dialect (concrete in plural). See quot. 1844. ΚΠ 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 39 The lambs, dinmonts, or wethers, that are drafted out of the fat stock, are called the sheddings or tails. c. Weaving. The division of the warp threads in such a manner as to permit of the passage between them of a shuttle containing the weft. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > weaving > other processes involved in cording1822 take-up1832 float1863 shedding1863 shuttling1874 knocking-off1912 1863 J. Watson Theory & Pract. Weaving 84 The sheding being repeated two times over. 1876 A. Barlow Hist. & Princ. Weaving 111 Shedding motions may be classed into about six varieties. 1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 466/1 The three principal motions, shedding, picking and beating up, are of course the same in both [looms]. 1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 466/1 The treadles called the shedding tappets. 2. a. Effusion, pouring out; esp. of blood, tears, †secretions. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > [noun] > action of excreting sheddingc1200 flux1377 outputtinga1387 purgationa1387 avoidancea1398 voidance1398 evacuation?1533 spurging1548 emptying1552 vacuation1583 emunction1601 regurgitation1601 vacation1617 excretion1640 egestion1644 weeping1655 elimination1665 despumation1684 excreting1849 the world > matter > liquid > liquid which has been emitted > action or process of emitting copiously > [noun] sheddingc1200 yotingc1390 outyettingc1400 pouring?a1425 profusion1583 outpour1864 sloosh1919 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > [noun] > emission > copious emission or effusion sheddingc1200 out-hieldinga1382 yotingc1390 outyettingc1400 pouring?a1425 outpouring1440 diffusionc1484 effusion1526 infusion1563 spouting1568 profusion1583 c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 65 Ne bringð no synful man quemere loc þenne teares sheding. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 192 Ȝet nabbe ȝe naut edstonden oðet schedunge of ower blod. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cccclxv^v They..could not kepe them from sheding of teares. 1657 W. Coles Adam in Eden ii. 5 It helpeth..the shedding of the gall. 1769 H. Brooke Fool of Quality IV. xvii. 111 Their persons were rendered sacred..by unction, or the shedding of hallowed oil upon them. 1874 A. O'Shaughnessy Music & Moonlight 200 Base sheddings of base blood. †b. Infusion, diffusion. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > introduction or bringing in > [noun] > infusion shedding1398 influencec1430 infusionc1450 inflowing1530 infounding1532 afflation1576 influxion1605 influx1626 information1630 inspiration1651 overshadowing1665 influct1675 bedewmenta1680 inflow1848 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) iii. ix. 55 By vertue of spredynge and of shedynge of the spyryte of felynge in to all the synewes, all the makynge of the body is founde able to moeue. c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) iv. xix. 185 In whiche we hadden putte fillinge of þe grete tresores of Paradys, þat was the sweete shedinge of oure grace. †c. shedding of nature n. Obsolete gonorrhoea. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > venereal disease > [noun] > gonorrhoea gonorrhoeaa1475 gonorrhoea passion1547 running of the reins1569 shedding of nature1584 clap1587 venereal rose1799 Rhea sisters1935 1584 T. Cogan Hauen of Health xlii. 52 A verie good medicine for the shedding of nature. 3. a. Dropping, scattering or letting fall, or parting with something. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > [noun] > parting with or letting go > shedding leaves, hair, etc. shedding1362 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > [noun] > letting fall shedding1362 lettingc1500 1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. vii. 9 Summe schul souwe sakkes for schedyng of Whete. ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xix [Some] do fan their corne, the which is..a great sauergarde for sheding of the corne. 1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. i. 38 Unnaturall shedding of haire. 1732 A. Monro Anat. (ed. 2) 170 This Shedding of the Teeth is of good Use. 1863 A. Ewing in A. J. Ross Mem. (1877) 356 Our life has far more in it than is suggested by the growing and shedding of leaves. b. concrete in plural. Shed leaves, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > [noun] > that which is shed shedding1803 1803 W. Wordsworth Yew-trees in Poems of Imag. 22 Upon whose grassless floor of red brown hue, By sheddings from the pining umbrage tinged Perennially. 1856 T. Aird Poet. Wks. (new ed.) 294 She trode the dun-brown sheddings of the pine. c. The letting fall of seeds. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > seed > plant having seed > [noun] > dispersal of seeds shedding1721 semination1765 myrmecochory1908 hydrochory1969 1721 A. Pope Corr. 21 Oct. (1956) II. 89 Old Fletcher of Saltoune said one day to me: ‘..I am like a Tree without a Prop, and without young Trees of my own shedding, to grow round me, for Company and Defence.’ d. The premature falling of the young bolls of cotton plants. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > yielding fibre, thatching, or basket material > [noun] > cotton-plant > premature boll shedding shedding1899 1899 Yearbk. U.S. Dept. Agric. 728 Over the eastern portion shedding was reported, with complaints of drought in portions of the Carolinas. 1974 J. W. Purseglove Trop. Crops 348 The first flowering period requires relative dryness, otherwise excessive boll shedding ensues. 4. = load-shedding n. at load n. Compounds 2. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > casting or laying aside > [noun] everting1568 deposition1577 discarding1600 excussion1607 dispatch1608 reposition1617 absolution1655 depositing1667 discardment1713 discardurea1762 cashiering1826 dropping1859 discard1906 junking1911 shedding1945 load-shedding1947 the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrical power, electricity > place of power generation > [noun] > reduction in supply shedding1945 load-shedding1947 1945 Electrician 25 May 457/1 Some shedding of the load may still be unavoidable during next winter. 1958 Listener 12 June 990/3 In June there is a shedding of the load of serious drama. 1971 IEEE Trans. Power Apparatus & Systems XC. 1460/2 The load selected for shedding will be different for various systems because of geographical, historical, political and reliability factors. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2021). sheddingn.² /ˈʃɛdɪŋ/ Etymology: < shed n.¹ + -ing suffix¹. Sheds collectively; a collection of sheds. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > outhouse(s) > [noun] little houseOE outhouse1301 housingc1384 house of officec1405 officesa1422 easement?a1425 shed1457 outhousing1583 outbuilding1600 outroom1602 outoffice1630 office-house1632 out-hut1856 shedding1883 nushnik1945 1883 Times 26 July 7/5 Shedding of large capacity will be provided. 1889 J. H. Skrine Mem. E. Thring 152 These were..scheming new bonfires. Whose barns or sheddings were safe? 1898 Field 14 May 741/1 Long rows of shedding. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online September 2019). sheddingadj. /ˈʃɛdɪŋ/ Etymology: < shed v.¹ + -ing suffix². That sheds, in various senses of the verb. 1. †a. Of liquids: Self-diffusing. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > moisture or humidity > [adjective] > of diffused moisture which imparts humidity > self-diffusing shedding1587 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xv. 272 The bodie is in the Soule, as..a sheading or liquid thing in a thing that is not liquid [Fr. comme..le coulant en ce qui ne coule point]. b. Dropping or casting leaves or petals. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > plant defined by leaves > [adjective] > shedding or having withered leaves or petals shedding1687 induviate1835 1687 J. Dryden Hind & Panther iii. 98 The shedding trees began the ground to strow With yellow leaves. 1782 J. Scott Poet. Wks. 261 And green slopes redden with the shedding rose. c. (See quot.) ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > growth, movement, or curvature of parts > [adjective] > permanent or discarded shedc1430 deciduous1657 marcescent1727 fugacious1750 permanent1776 shrivelling1776 persisting1777 persistent1785 sphacelate1785 shedding1796 sphacelated1806 caducous1808 restant1828 fugitive1830 horarious1866 1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) I. 81 Shedding (caducus) continuing but a short time. 1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) I. 262 Cup 4 leaves, leafits egg-shaped, coloured, shedding. d. shedding tooth n. any of the primary or milk teeth, which fall out and are replaced by the permanent teeth. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > mouth > types or spec. teeth > [noun] > milk calf's-teeth1599 fore-tooth1601 sucking-tooth1601 milk tooth1738 deciduous tooth1755 shedding tooth1799 temporary tooth1802 baby tooth1834 1799 Home in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 89 258 A view of the grinding surface of a shedding tooth. 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. I. 28 The permanent teeth have separate sockets of their own; and..do not lie immediately under the corresponding shedding teeth. 1833 Hunter's Catal. Physiol. Ser. Comp. Anat. Mus. Coll. Surg. I. 100 The shedding tooth falls some time before the succeeding tooth can supply its uses. e. figurative. Of divisions of time: Passing. ΘΚΠ the world > time > [adjective] > passing or elapsing overslippinga1522 rolling1656 by-running1674 shedding1816 elapsing1830 lapsing1841 1816 L. Hunt Story of Rimini iii. 134 The glass that told the shedding hours. †2. Dividing, parting, separating. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > [adjective] dividing1620 shedding?1674 dismembering1861 ?1674 J. Bunyan Reprobation Asserted i. 2 These words are shedding words, they sever between men and men. †3. Sloping. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > inclination > [adjective] > inclined from level or sloping pyramidala1398 shoringc1503 slopec1503 pitching1519 current?1523 battering1589 pitched1594 aslope1599 sloping1610 shelving1615 stooping1621 raking1665 sloped1683 shedding1688 slopy1740 raked1948 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 73/1 A Barn with a sheeding Ridg. 1747 W. Hooson Miners Dict. sig. Q1b If a Rock appears to the Day,..where it seems to cut off, and more especially on Sheeding ground. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.¹c1175n.²1883adj.1587
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