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shēd(e
n.
Additional spellings:
shede
29 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The parting of the hair; ?also, the crown of the head;
shed of the here
,
shed of hed, hed shed
; (b) difference, distinction;
maken shed
, to discern a difference; (c) the faculty of discernment…
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