<hw>Shed</hw>, <i>n</i>. The word generally signifies the <i>Woolshed</i> (q.v.). A large, substantial, and often expensive building.
1896. H. Lawson, `When the World was Wide,' p. 143:
"There's 20 hungry beggars wild for any job this year,
An' 50 might be at the shed while I am lyin' here."
1896. `Melbourne Argus,' April 30, p. 2, col. 5:
"There is a substantial and comfortable homestead, and ample shed accommodation."
<hw>Sheep-pest</hw>, <i>n</i>. a common Australian weed, <i>Acama ovina</i>, Cunn., <i>N.O. Rosaceae</i>, found in all the colonies; so called because its fruit adheres by hooked spines to the wool of sheep.
<hw>Sheep-run</hw>, <i>n</i>. See <i>Run</i>.
<hw>Sheep-sick</hw>, <i>n</i>. Used of pastures exhausted for carrying sheep. Compare English screw-sick, paint-sick, nail-sick, wheat-sick, etc.
1895. `Leader,' August 3, p. 6, col. 1:
"It is the opinion of many practical men that certain country to which severe losses have occurred in recent years has been too long carrying sheep, and that the land has become what is termed `sheep sick,' and from this point of view it certainly appears that a course of better management is most desirable."