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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

The act of shedding, separating, or casting off or out;

as, the

shedding

of blood

That which is shed, or cast off.

[R.]

Wordsworth.

ppr.

Effusing; causing to flow out; letting fall; casting; throwing off; sending out; diffusing; keeping off.

shedding

shedding ‎(plural sheddings)

The act of shedding, separating, or casting off.
the sheddings of blood under the Old Testament
That which is shed, or cast off.
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