A long, narrow piece cut or torn off; a strip. "Shreds of tanned leather." Bacon.
In general, a fragment; a piece; a particle. Shak.
To cut or tear into small pieces, particularly narrow and long pieces, as of cloth or leather. Chaucer.
To lop; to prune; to trim. [Obs.]
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