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Webster 1913 Edition


Shoad

Shoad

,
Noun.
[Cf. G.
schutt
rubbish.]
(Mining)
A train of vein material mixed with rubbish; fragments of ore which have become separated by the action of water or the weather, and serve to direct in the discovery of mines.
[Written also
shode
.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Shoad

SHOAD

,
Noun.
Among miners, a train of metallic stones which serves to direct them in the discovery of mines.