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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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2,255 words match “SHED”

SHED n. 13 definitions

shelter something; a structure usually open in front; an outbuilding; a hut; as, a wagon shed; a wood shed. The first Aletes born in lowly shed. Fairfax. Sheds of reeds which summer's heat repel. Sandys.

SHEDDER n. 2 definitions

One who, or that which, sheds; as, a shedder of blood; a shedder of tears.

SHEDDING n. 2 definitions

The act of shedding, separating, or casting off or out; as, the shedding of blood.

In an abashed manner.

ACCOMPLISHED a. 2 definitions

Completed; effected; established; as, an accomplished fact.

ASTONISHEDLY adv.

In an astonished manner. [R.] Bp. Hall.

The shedding or spilling of blood; slaughter; the act of shedding human blood, or taking life, as in war, riot, or murder.

BLOODSHEDDER n.

One who sheds blood; a manslayer; a murderer.

BLOODSHEDDING n.

Bloodshed. Shak.

DISTINGUISHED a. 2 definitions

Marked; special. The most distinguished politeness. Mad. D' Arblay.

DISTINGUISHEDLY adv.

In a distinguished manner. [R.] Swift.

Perished; decayed. [Obs.] I deem thy brain emperished be. Spenser.

ESTABLISHED SUIT n.

A plain suit in which a player (or side) could, except for trumping, take tricks with all his remaining cards.

Polished to the highest degree of excellence; complete; perfect; as, a finished poem; a finished education. Finished work (Mach.), work that is made smooth or polished, though not necessarily completed.

FLESHED a. 2 definitions

Glutted; satiated; initiated. Fleshed with slaughter. Dryden.

HIGH-FINISHED a.

Finished with great care; polished.

HIGH-FLUSHED a.

INDISTINGUISHED a.

Indistinct. [R.] "That indistinguished mass." Sir T. Browne.

Mashed; brewed. [Obs.] Shak.

Made smooth and glossy, as by friction; hence, highly finished; refined; polite; as, polished plate; polished manners; polished verse.