Webster's Dictionary 1913

4240

Sheldafle

{ Sheld″a‐fle (?), Sheld″a‐ple (?), } n. [Perhaps for sheld dapple. Cf. Sheldrake.] (Zoöl.) A chaffinch. [Written also sheldapple, and shellapple.]

4241

Sheldfowl

Sheld″fowl′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) The common sheldrake.

4242

Sheldrake

Shel″drake′ (?), n. [Sheld + drake.] 1. (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of large Old World ducks of the genus Tadorna and allied genera, especially the European and Asiatic s...

4243

Shelduck

Shel″duck′ (?), n. [Sheld variegated + duck.] (Zoöl.) The sheldrake. [Written also shellduck.]

4244

Shelf

Shelf (?), n.; pl.Shelves (#). [OE. shelfe, schelfe, AS. scylfe; akin to G. schelfe, Icel. skjālf. In senses 2 & 3, perhaps a different word (cf. Shelve, v. i.).] 1. (Arch.) A f...

4245

Shelfy

Shelf″y (?), a. 1. Abounding in shelves; full of dangerous shallows. “A shelfy coast.” Dryden.2. Full of strata of rock.The tillable fields are in some places... so shelfy that ...

4246

Shell

Shell (?), n. [OE. shelle, schelle, AS. scell, scyll; akin to D. shel, Icel. skel, Goth. skalja a tile, and E. skill. Cf. Scale of fishes, Shale, Skill.] 1. A hard outside cover...

4247

Shell (2)

Shell, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Shelled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Shelling.] 1. To strip or break off the shell of; to take out of the shell, pod, etc.; as, to shell nuts or pease; to shell...

4248

Shell (3)

Shell, v. i. 1. To fall off, as a shell, crust, etc.2. To cast the shell, or exterior covering; to fall out of the pod or husk; as, nuts shell in falling.3. To be disengaged fro...

4249

Shell (4)

Shell (?), n. 1. Something similar in form or action to an ordnance shell; specif.: (a) (Fireworks) A case or cartridge containing a charge of explosive material, which bursts a...

4250

Shell-lac

{ Shell″–lac′, Shel″lac′ } (?), n. [Shell + lac a resinous substance; cf. D. shellak, G. schellack.] See the Note under 2d Lac.

4251

Shell-less

Shell″–less, a. Having no shell. J. Burroughs.

4252

Shellapple

Shell″ap′ple, n.(Zoöl.) See Sheldafle.

4253

Shellbark

Shell″bark′ (?), n.(Bot.) A species of hickory (Carya alba) whose outer bark is loose and peeling; a shagbark; also, its nut.

4254

Shelled

Shelled (?), a.(Zoöl.) Having a shell.

4255

Sheller

Shell″er (?), n. One who, or that which, shells; as, an oyster sheller; a corn sheller.

4256

Shellfish

Shell″fish′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) Any aquatic animal whose external covering consists of a shell, either testaceous, as in oysters, clams, and other mollusks, or crustaceous, as in lob...

4257

Shelling

Shell″ing, n. Groats; hulled oats. Simmonds.

4258

Shellproof

Shell″proof′ (?), a. Capable of resisting bombs or other shells; bombproof.

4259

Shellwork

Shell″work′ (?), n. Work composed of shells, or adorned with them. Cotgrave.

4260

Shelly

Shell″y (?), a. Abounding with shells; consisting of shells, or of a shell. “The shelly shore.” Prior.Shrinks backward in his shelly cave. Shak.

4261

Shelter

Shel″ter (?), n. [Cf. OE. scheltrun, shiltroun, schelltrome, scheldtrome, a guard, squadron, AS. scildtruma a troop of men with shields; scild shield + truma a band of men. See ...

4262

Shelter (2)

Shel″ter (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Sheltered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Sheltering.] 1. To be a shelter for; to provide with a shelter; to cover from injury or annoyance; to shield; to p...

4263

Shelter (3)

Shel″ter, v. i. To take shelter.There oft the Indian herdsman, shunning heat,Shelters in cool. Milton.

4264

Shelterless

Shel″ter‐less, a. Destitute of shelter or protection.Now sad and shelterless perhaps she lies. Rowe.

4265

Sheltery

Shel″ter‐y (?), a. Affording shelter.

4266

Sheltie

{ Shel″tie (?), Shel″ty (?) }, n. A Shetland pony.