Definitions

Sorry, no definitions found. You may find more data at shad.

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Shad.

Examples

  • He is literally at war with himself, because his shadow, a dark entity he calls Shad, has an independent life of its own.

    Archive 2009-10-01 Victoria Janssen 2009

  • He is literally at war with himself, because his shadow, a dark entity he calls Shad, has an independent life of its own.

    Denise Rossetti, What Lies Beneath - Guest Post Victoria Janssen 2009

  • ChapterFeeds has posted Chapter one of Sorcery in Shad by Brian Lumley.

    December 2006 2006

  • ChapterFeeds has posted Chapter one of Sorcery in Shad by Brian Lumley.

    SF Tidbits for 12/14/06 2006

  • I have run foul of another wasps nest — but escaped unhurt. poor Shad is very ill. so if all goes wrong with you tis not much better here.

    Letter 67 1792

  • Now it's latein the morning, later than he'd like it, and we step into his fishing partner's19-foot Monark metal skiff, dubbed the Shad II.

    Fishing the Delaware River shad run in early spring 2006

  • The Four Lands, it seems, are beset by demons of their own, creatures called Shad - owen.

    The Elf Queen of Shannara Brooks, Terry 1992

  • Gray -- the _Aronia_ of Whittler's song -- is called Shad-bush or Shad-blow in Essex County, from its connection with this season; and there is a bird known as the Shad-spirit, which I take to be identical with the flicker or golden-winged woodpecker, whose note is still held to indicate the first day when the fish ascend the river.

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 42, April, 1861 Various

  • He speaks of the six faculties of perception, which recall the Shaḍâyatana, and of name and real existence

    Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 Charles Eliot 1896

  • That lack of cynicism in particular has come to be known as Shad's defining feature, and it isn't always meant positively.

    Cokemachineglow.com 2010

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.