shid

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See also: SHID

English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ʃɪd/
  • (file)

Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

shid (plural shids)

  1. (obsolete) A piece of firewood four feet long.
  2. (obsolete) A unit of length equal to four feet.
References[edit]
  • "shid", accessed on 2005-05-03, which in turn cites: Richard Hayes, The Negociator’s Magazine: or, The most authentick account yet published of the Monies, Weights, and Measures of the Principal Places of Trade in the World., John Noon, London, 1740, page 206.

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

shid

  1. (nonstandard) Alternative spelling of should
    • 1920, John Galsworthy, The Skin Game, act II, scene I:
      Well, gen'lemen, this is better, but a record property shid fetch a record price.

Anagrams[edit]

Manx[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

shid

  1. (demonstrative) that (remote)

Western Apache[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Athabaskan *-x̯ɑ̓t. Cognates: Navajo sid, Mescalero sįh.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

shid

  1. scar

Usage notes[edit]

The form shid occurs in Dilze’eh and San Carlos varieties; shig occurs in Cibecue; sid occurs in White Mountain and Dilzhe’eh (Tonto); sig in White Mountain.