SHED  .. (I) A small hut, shelter or outhouse, especially one with a " shed roof " or " lean-to," a roof with only one set of rafters, falling from a higher to a See also:

• LOWER

lower See also:

• WALL (O. Eng. weal, weall, Mid. Eng. wal, wane, adapted from Lat. vallum, rampart; the original O. Eng. word for a wall was wag or tenth)
• WALL, RICHARD (1694-1778)

wall, like an See also:

• AISLE (from Lat. ala, a wing)

aisle roof . " Shed " is also the See also:

• TERM

term applied to a large roofed shelter open at the sides for the storage of goods, See also:

• ROLLING

rolling-stock, locomotives, &c., on a railway or See also:

• DOCK

dock-See also:

• WHARF

wharf . According to See also:

• SKEAT, WALTER WILLIAM (1835– )

Skeat, the word is a Kentish See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of " shade," " See also:

• SHADOW (0. Eng. Schadewe, sceadu; a form of " shade "; connected with Gr. 6-Ore's, darkness)

shadow," in 0 . Eng. steed, sceadu, cf . Ger . Schatten; the ultimate origin is the See also:

• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root ska-, to See also:

• COVER (from the Fr. convert, from couvrir, to cover, Lat. cooperire)

cover, seen in Gr . 1K16, shadow, UK1iv'i, See also:

• TENT

tent, shelter, See also:

• STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage, whence Eng . " See also:

• SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene "; the Eng . " See also:

• SKY (M. Eng. skie, cloud; O. Eng. skua, shade; connected with an Indo-European root sku, cover, whence " scum," Lat. obscurus, dark, &c.)

sky " comes from a closely allied root sku, also to cover, cf . See also:

• LAT

Lat. obscurus . (2) To spill, to scatter, to See also:

• CAST (from the verb meaning " to throw "; the word is Scand. in origin, cf. Dan. kaste, and Swed. kasta; " cast " in Middle Eng. took the place of the A.S. weor pan, cf. Ger. werf en)

cast off; originally the word seems to have meant to See also:

• PART

part, to See also:

• DIVIDE

divide, a use only surviving in " See also:

• WATERSHED

watershed." The 0 .

Eng. verb was sceddan, in See also:

• MID

Mid . Eng. shceden, to divide, See also:

• SEPARATE

separate . " Shed in the sense of to spill has, however, by some etymologists been taken to be a separate word from that meaning to part; it would in that See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case appear to be connected with 0 .