shood

plural shoods

1. countabledialectaluncountableThe husk of oats after it has been threshed.
2. countabledialectaluncountableA feed mixture for horses consisting of chopped hay and beans.

1. pronunciation spellingPronunciation spelling of should.

   Aal the village know'd I wur a-gwain, an' sum sed as how I shood be murthur'd avoor I cum back.

   1918, J. Arthur Gibbs, A Cotswold Village

   2 more examples

   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.

   1876, R M Ballantyne, Under the Waves

   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.

   1891, Various, Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 101, July 11, 1891

present singular third person shoods · participle present shooding · participle past shooded · past shooded

1. pronunciation spellingPronunciation spelling of shoot.

   Subbose you shood us all, what then?

   1915, Thomas Alexander Browne, AKA Rolf Boldrewood, Robbery Under Arms

   2 more examples

   "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.

   1903, Burt L. Standish, Frank Merriwell's Bravery

   "No," said the tender old man, "no, bud h-I am positeef dad de Madjor will shood you."

   1907, George Washington Cable, Old Creole Days