SHEDDING
\ʃˈɛdɪŋ], \ʃˈɛdɪŋ], \ʃ_ˈɛ_d_ɪ_ŋ]\
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By Noah Webster.
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The act of one that sheds: that which is shed or cast off: a parting or branching off, as of two roads; the angle or place where two roads meet. "That shedding of the roads which marks the junction of the highways coming down for Glasgow and Edinburgh."-W. Black.
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