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Middle English
Alternative forms
- chyde, scheyde, schide, schudde, schyde, schyyd, shide, shyde, syde, szhide
- sid, scid (Early Middle English)
Etymology
From Old English sċīd, from Proto-West Germanic *skīd, from Proto-Germanic *skīdą.
Pronunciation
Noun
schyd (plural schydes)
- A wooden board, especially a small one.
- A splinter; a wood fragment.
- Firewood; wood used for combustion.
- A unit of measure used for sawed wood.
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