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Shedder [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

One that sheds or causes to flow out; as a shedder of blood.

Shedder [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. One who, or that which, sheds; as, a shedder of blood; a shedder of tears.

2. A crab in the act of casting its shell, or immediately afterwards while still soft; -- applied especially to the edible crabs, which are most prized while in this state.