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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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(Schried,) Shried, n. (?) —1697 Renfrewshire Witches 146.
She having been speaking to one of her tormentors as present (though invisible to the bye-standers) and asking how her tormentors had got these coloured red sleeves; she suddenly gets up, takes hold of them, the company hears a shried, and she pulls away two pieces of red cloth
