shid

See also: SHID

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɪd/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Etymology 1

Noun

shid (plural shids)

1. (obsolete) A piece of firewood four feet long.
2. (obsolete) A unit of length equal to four feet.

References

• "shid", accessed on 2005-05-03, which in turn cites: Richard Hayes, The Negociator’s Magazine: or, The most authentick account yet published of the Monies, Weights, and Measures of the Principal Places of Trade in the World., John Noon, London, 1740, page 206.

Etymology 2

Verb

shid

1. (nonstandard) Alternative spelling of should
   • 1920, John Galsworthy, The Skin Game, act II, scene I:

     Well, gen'lemen, this is better, but a record property shid fetch a record price.

Anagrams

• DISH, HIDs, HSDI, dish

Manx

Pronoun

shid

1. (demonstrative) that (remote)

Western Apache

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *-x̯ɑ̓t. Cognates: Navajo sid, Mescalero sįh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃɪ̀t]

Noun

shid

1. scar

Usage notes

The form shid occurs in Dilze’eh and San Carlos varieties; shig occurs in Cibecue; sid occurs in White Mountain and Dilzhe’eh (Tonto); sig in White Mountain.