• Shoad

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    Origin

    From Middle English shode, schode, from Old English *(ġe)scād, ġescēad ("separation, distinction, discretion, understanding, argument, reason, reckoning, account, statement, accuracy, art, manner, method"), from Proto-Germanic *skaidą ("separation, distinction"), from Proto-Indo-European *skÁit-, *skÁi- ("to cut, divide, separate"). Related to Old English scādan ("to separate, divide, part, make a line of separation between"). More at shed.

    Full definition of shoad

    Noun

    shoad

    (plural shoads)
    1. Separation; distinction.
    2. A chasm or ravine.
    3. A line of parting of the hair of the head; a part (in the hair); the top of the head.
    4. (mining) Loose fragments (often of metal ore) mixed with earth.

    Verb

    1. (mining) To seek for a vein or mineral deposit by following a shode, or tracing them to where they derived.

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