shid

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See also: SHID

English

Etymology 1

Noun

shid (plural shids)

  1. (obsolete) A piece of firewood four feet long.
  2. (obsolete) A unit of length equal to four feet.
References
  • "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

Verb

shid

  1. (nonstandard, alliteration) 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


Manx

Pronoun

shid

  1. (demonstrative) that (remote)

Western Apache

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Athabaskan *-x̯ɑ̓t. Cognates: Navajo [sid, Mescalero sįh.

Pronunciation

Noun

shid

  1. scar

Usage notes

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.