Read full poem →gone Darkness it was so near to me, i ask of shad- ow won’t you have a
drink?
Dictionary Entry
Any one of several species of food fishes that make up the genus Alosa in the family Clupeidae, to which the herrings also belong; river herring.
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Common Phrases
. shadroe shadwell shadshad gizzardshad americanshad tennesseeshad threadfin
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Poetry examples for “shad”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →word is _not_, I. 738; _seynt_ for _seyn_, because the next word is _that_,
V. 369; _shad_ for _shal_, because the next word is _drede_, V. 385;
_liten_ for _litel_, because _weten_ follows, IV. 198; _make_ for _may_,
Read full poem →the dwellings and stores are mostly located. Its situation on the
sound makes it an excellent summer resort. Shad fishing is
probably carried on more extensively here than at any other
Read full poem →overwhelm me! Drink!
Save me! The shad bush is in the edge
of the clearing. The yards in a fury