shed out

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verb

(tr, adverb) NZ to separate off (sheep that have lambed) and move them to better pasture

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Words nearby shed out

she-devil, shedful, shed hand, shed light on, shedload, shed out, shed roof, shed room, shedrow, shed up, sheefish

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How to use shed out in a sentence

So, with cloud of menace and fire of wrath shed out about the deceased gods and the new philosophies, the first part ends.
William Blake|Algernon Charles Swinburne
“Leaves are not more shed out of trees than Bibles are shed out of you,” says the poet.
The Letters of Anne Gilchrist and Walt Whitman|Walt Whitman
Something might be added, too, for my sake, to wipe away the tears which I shall shed out of pity for Glaucus.
Quo Vadis|Henryk Sienkiewicz
The cows were in the barn, where they had plenty of food, but there were six new calves in a shed out in the field.
Little Greta of Denmark|Bernadine Bailey

Then for some time could be heard a great bustle and clatter in the shed out yonder.
The Day of Wrath|Maurus Jkai