They say also that the manner of making the shed of
newwedded wives' hair with the iron head of a
javelin came up then likewise. --Sir T.
North.
2. The act of shedding or spilling; -- used only in
composition, as in bloodshed.
3. That which parts, divides, or sheds; -- used in
composition, as in watershed.
4. (Weaving) The passageway between the threads of the warp
through which the shuttle is thrown, having a sloping top
and bottom made by raising and lowering the alternate
threads.
The first Aletes born in lowly shed. --Fairfax.
Sheds of reeds which summer's heat repel. --Sandys.
Such a rain down from the welkin shadde. --Chaucer.
2. To let fall the parts, as seeds or fruit; to throw off a
covering or envelope.
White oats are apt to shed most as they lie, and
black as they stand. --Mortimer.
2. To part with; to throw off or give forth from one's self;
to emit; to diffuse; to cause to emanate or flow; to pour
forth or out; to spill; as, the sun sheds light; she shed
tears; the clouds shed rain.
Did Romeo's hand shed Tybalt's blood? --Shak.
Twice seven consenting years have shed Their utmost
bounty on thy head. --Wordsworth.
3. To let fall; to throw off, as a natural covering of hair,
feathers, shell; to cast; as, fowls shed their feathers;
serpents shed their skins; trees shed leaves.
4. To cause to flow off without penetrating; as, a tight
roof, or covering of oiled cloth, sheeds water.
5. To sprinkle; to intersperse; to cover. [R.] ``Her hair . .
. is shed with gray.'' --B. Jonson.
6. (Weaving) To divide, as the warp threads, so as to form a
shed, or passageway, for the shuttle.