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shrowd

Archaic Terms
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

An old spelling of shroud: a cloth used to wrap a body for burial, or something that covers and conceals.

Detailed Definition
Shrowd is an archaic spelling of shroud, a burial cloth. The poem uses it to suggest the child’s death in a grave, while also linking the image to a cloud-like covering.
Example
Example in poetry:
“Like this Infant, takes a shrowd” uses shrowd, an archaic spelling of shroud, a burial wrapping; Donne’s death poems often join cloth, body, and mortality; “The snow laid a shrowd across the field” extends the noun metaphorically; Modern imitation: “Mist shrowded the harbor’s broken masts”
Additional Notes
“shrowd” is an old spelling that modern readers may not recognize at once, even though the meaning is related to burial.; Found in the poem, Epitaph by Katherine Philips
Also Known As
shroud veil cloak
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