Definition of Shidder

1. a female animal [n -S] - See also: animal

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shidder

shiatzus
shibah
shibahs
shibari
shibboleth
shibboleths
shibilant
shibilants
shibkovite
shibori
shicker
shickered
shickers
shicksa
shicksas
shidder (current term)
shidders
shidduch
shidduchs
shide
shids
shied
shied away
shied away from
shiel
shield
shield-bearer
shield-shaped
shield-toad
shield beetle

Literary usage of Shidder

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Glossary of Tudor and Stuart Words: Especially from the Dramatists by Walter William Skeat, Anthony Lawson Mayhew (1914)
"580. bidder and shidder, male and female animals. Spenser, Shep. Kal., Sept., 211. Bidder = he-der, he 'deer', ie male animal; shidder= she-der, ..."

2. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"... AND shidder. A strange rustic form, explained in the original notes to mean he and the; but whence derived does not appear. ..."

3. English Dialect Words of the Eighteenth Century as Shown in the "Universal by Nathan Bailey (1883)
"... and shidder, he and she.2 Hide-bound [among Farriers, &c.J a Disease in Horses and Cattle, when the Skin cleaves to their Sides. ..."

4. American Jewish Year Book by American Jewish Committee, Jewish Publication Society of America (1907)
"Pres., A. Kirsh- ner, 145 Henry; Treas., A. shidder, 3 Forsyth; Sec., J. Cohen, 58 E. 107th. Members, 25. Services: Sab. and holidays, eve. and morn., ..."

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