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S(c)hed, Schede, Scheid, n. Also: shedd(e; scheyd; shead; s(c)had(e. [ME and e.m.E. schæd (Orm), schad (a1225), sched (Cursor M.), OE (ge)scēad. See also S(c)hed v. Also in the later dial. as shed, shade and sheed.]

1. A unitary portion of (chiefly arable) land; a piece of land; a large field; also, with reference to the growing crop, passing into the crop grown on a ‘shed’ of land.Sometimes, but appar. not always, divided into rigs. In some instances, devoted to the cultivation of a single crop.For some discussion, and an argument that in Orkney sched was virtually synonymous with Plank n.², see the articles by J. S. Clouston in Sc. Hist. Rev. XVII pp. 16–45, XXII pp. 182–92.(1) 1473 Reg. Cupar A. I 171.
Tha sal pairt the toun in twa, gif it ma be, and gif it ma nocht, it salbe partyt in scheddis Ib. 188.
Tha sal put the grwnd til al possibil polyci, sawand thar quhet in a sched togiddyr, and rychtsua thar bere 1540 Dundee Chart. 27.
[Terram] jacentem … ad partem solare … ville predicte per lye dalis et scheddis c1563 Reg. Panmure I cxlvi.
That sched be east the place callid the Murray sched 1588 (1593) Reg. Great S. 790/1.
Acram terre arabilis continentem 4 lie lang-riggis contigue in uno lie sched 1611 Scrymgeour Invent. 41.
Fyve aikeris of land lyand in the place sched of Dudope 1629 Retours II Inq. Spec. Fife (1563).
In his partibus sive lie Scheddis lie Travelay et Layes nuncupatis 1645 Ib. Inq. Spec.
Terris de thrie schedis et aliis terris 1647 Ib. I Inq. Spec. Fife (734).
Ross et Cromarty (94). Ane butt of land in the shed called Cecnyflett 1686 Sc. Hist. Rev. XXII 186.
Quhere the other town land lye cross in any shed or plank thereof(b) 1565 Prot. Bk. J. Scott 23.
Twa acris … of arabill land lyand in to ane scheid callit Ballom Ȝard 1575 Ib. 1.
Ane acar of arablie land lyand … in ane scheid callit the Eister rufflattis(c) 1604 Retours I Inq. Spec. Fife (141).
2 acris terrae arabilis in lie Schad vulgariter the Mureflatt nuncupato 1629 Reg. Great S. 477/1.
Acram arabilem in lie schad nuncupato the heid of Besaiker, 2½ acras arabiles in the Midle-schade(d) 1629 Reg. Great S. 477/1 (see (c) above).
Schade 1666 Reg. Panmure II 368.
Lying on the west part of the shade called Lyneshade(2) 1588 St. A. Test. II 98b.
Ane … sched of land callit Rathelpe 1629 Retours I Inq. Spec. Fife (415).
Parte peciae terrae lie sched of land vocata Newland 1655 Ib. II Inq. Spec. Perth (631).
That thrid part of the 2 sheds of land callit the Cottarshed and Cottarbank 1667 Ib. I Inq. Spec. Forfar (425).
Particata terrae lie Shed of land 1694 Sc. Hist. Rev. XVII 30.
And that ilk shead of the said land should have an uppa(3) 1558 Prot. Bk. D. Gray 14.
William Gray … resingnit … tyll his nychtbour … ane sched of beir … lyand sowth fra ane part of the landis of Lytyltone 1600 Reg. Privy C. VI 220.
[They] convoyit furth his saidis guidis … and callit thame in a sched of outfeild aitis 1670 Lamont Diary 220.
[A great storm] did scorch and spoile some sheads of corne att Lawderdaill 1671 Reg. Privy C. 3 Ser. III 406.
[They] did cute doune tuo sheddes of the cornes growing thereuponcomb. 1655 Retours II Inq. Spec. Perth (631).
That thrid part of the shed landis callit Betwixt the Townes

b. As a place-name element. c1116 Reg. Episc. Glasg. I 7.
Brumescheyd 1531 (1532) Reg. Great S. 253/2.
5 acras terre in le Estfeild de Dudupe, in le Myddilsched ejusdem 1557 Flowerburn Charters in Orig. Par. II 844.
[Three perticates, namely, three rigs in the three ly Scheddis … namely, one rig in the Ewarsched … another rig in the Middillsched … and a third rig lying in the Nethirsched] 1580 Reg. Great S. 2/1.
The Bischopis-sched 1607 Retours II Inq. Spec. Ross et Cromarty (25).
Middilschede c1616 Montrose Treas. Acc. (Mary Hospital Rental) MS.
The feumaillis … of the claysched 1629 Retours II Inq. Spec. Haddington (448).
7 rudis ex orientali latere de lie Sched de Greinlaw mylne 1655 Ib. Inq. Spec. Perth (631) (see 1 (2) above).

2. The top of the head from the crown to the forehead where the hair parts or may be parted.The scheddis of (one's) hair, ? the hair falling at the sides of the head after parting. a1400 Leg. S. i 587.
That harnise and sched and body all Fruschit in pecis 1513 Doug. ii xi 7.
For lo! the top of litill Ascanyus hed … from the sched [Ruddim. schede] of his crown, Schane al of lycht onto the grond adown 1575–6 St. A. Kirk S. 415.
Sche … pat up hir fyngaris betwix the scheddis of hir hair

b. proverb. Schame (is) past (the) sched of (one's) hair, shame has exceeded all bounds.See Pas v. 18 b for further examples. 1551 Hamilton Cat. 91.
Fornicatouris … haiffand na feir of God and alswa schame of this warld, being past the sched of thair heer, that leive continually in huirdome a1598 Ferg. Prov. No. 768.
Shedd a1663 Pappity Stampoy 48.
Shame is past the shad of your haire

3. A piece or lump (of something); a quantity of blood. 1513 Doug. v viii 97.
And schaddis [Ruddim. scheddis] of blude furth spyttand throu hys lyppys a1538 Abell 62a.
A sched of yce fell out of the lift xvi fut of lenth xv of breid & twa of thiknes