Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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SHREED, n. Sc. form of Eng. shred, also found in Eng. dial. (Ags. 1894 J. B. Salmond My Man Sandy (1889) 41; Bwk. 1898 Border Mag. (March) 52). [ʃrid. This pronunciation is still common in ne.Sc.]
[Mid.Eng. shrēde, O.E. scrēad, the vowel having been later shortened in St. Eng. Cf. Breid, Deid, Heid.]
