shoad

  1. Noun.  Separation; distinction.
  2. Noun.  A chasm or ravine.
  3. Noun.  A line of parting of the hair of the head; a part (in the hair); the top of the head.
  4. Noun.  (context, mining) Loose fragments (often of metal ore) mixed with earth.
  5. Verb.  (context, mining) To seek for a vein or mineral deposit by following a shode, or tracing them to where they derived.

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