verb. (provincial).—TO PISS (q.v.): also TO SHED A TEAR.
TO SHED A TEAR, verb. phr.—To take a drink: originally to take a dram of REAL or SHORT (q.v.).
1876. C. HINDLEY, ed. The Life and Adventures of a Cheap Jack, 156. I always made time to call in and ‘SHED A TEAR’ with him for convenience and ‘days o’ lang syne.’
