shood

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English

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German schôde, from Old Saxon *skōda, from Proto-West Germanic *skaudā, from Proto-Germanic *skaudō (“sheath, husk”), from Proto-Indo-European *skewdʰ- (“to cover, surround, enwrap”). Cognate with Middle Dutch schode (“pod, shell, husk”), German Schote (“pod, hull”), Icelandic skauð (“a horse's sheath”).

Verb

shood (countable and uncountable, plural shoods)

  1. (dialectal) The husk of oats after it has been threshed.
  2. (dialectal) A feed mixture for horses consisting of chopped hay and beans.

Etymology 2

Verb

shood

  1. Pronunciation spelling of should.
    • 1876, R M Ballantyne, Under the Waves‎:
      It ran thus:— "Deer Sur,—i thinks it unkomon 'ard that a man shood 'ave is beed sold under im wen anuther man oas im munny, speshally wen is wifes ill—praps a-dyin—the Law has washt yoo sur, but it do seam 'ard on me, if yoo cood spair ony a pownd or two id taik it kind.
    • 1891, Various, Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 101, July 11, 1891‎:
      And in case the estonishing site shood make him feel just a leetle dazed, the jolly old Copperashun has bin and gone and hired no less than three Millingterry Bands of Music to play to him, and cheer him up.
    • 1918, J. Arthur Gibbs, A Cotswold Village‎:
      Aal the village know'd I wur a-gwain, an' sum sed as how I shood be murthur'd avoor I cum back.

Etymology 3

Verb

shood (third-person singular simple present shoods, present participle shooding, simple past and past participle shooded)

  1. Pronunciation spelling of shoot.
    • 1903, Burt L. Standish, Frank Merriwell's Bravery‎:
      "Look here, mine friendt," calmly said the Jew, as the crowd began to scatter to get out of the way of stray bullets, "uf you shood ad me, id vill profe dat you vas a plowhardt und a cowart.
    • 1907, George Washington Cable, Old Creole Days‎:
      "No," said the tender old man, "no, bud h-I am positeef dad de Madjor will shood you."
    • 1915, Thomas Alexander Browne, AKA Rolf Boldrewood, Robbery Under Arms‎:
      Subbose you shood us all, what then?

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