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shides

shides is the plural of shide.

Meaning of shide

Noun

shide (plural shides)

  1. (dialectal, obsolete) A piece of wood (a thin board or plank, or a strip of wood split off); a measure of firewood, variously defined as e.g. four feet long and between 16 and 38 inches in circumference.
    • For a tall shyde and nayle for the same house, jd,1566, Accounts of St. Dunstan's, Canterbury

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Questions about shides

What is shides the plural of?
Shides is the plural of shide.

Words near shides in the dictionary

  1. shiddukh
  2. shiddukhim
  3. shide
  4. Shideler
  5. Shidelers
  6. shides
  7. Shiding
  8. shidiot
  9. shidiots
  10. Shidler
  11. Shidlers

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