Shud vs Shid - What's the difference?
shud | shid |
(obsolete) A piece of firewood four feet long.
(obsolete) A unit of length measuring four feet.
(nonstandard, obsolete, alliteration)
* 1920 Well, gen'lemen, this is better, but a record property shid fetch a record price. — John Galsworthy, The Skin Game , Act II, Scene I
As nouns the difference between shud and shid
is that shud is a shed while shid is a piece of firewood four feet long.As verbs the difference between shud and shid
is that shud is form of should|lang=en while shid is an alternative spelling of lang=en.As an initialism SHID is
Slaps Head In Disgust.shud
English
Etymology 1
From the Late (etyl) schudde.References
“shud]” listed in the [2nd ed., 1989
Etymology 2
See should.shid
English
Noun
(en noun)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.