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- English Word Shekinah Definition The visible majesty of the Divine Presence, especially when resting or dwelling between the cherubim on the mercy seat, in the Tabernacle, or in the Temple of Solomon; -- a term used in the Targums and by the later Jews, and adopted by Christians.
- English Word Sheld Definition Variegated; spotted; speckled; piebald.
- English Word Sheldafle Definition Alt. of Sheldaple
- English Word Sheldaple Definition A chaffinch.
- English Word Sheldfowl Definition The common sheldrake.
- English Word Sheldrake Definition Any one of several species of large Old World ducks of the genus Tadorna and allied genera, especially the European and Asiatic species. (T. cornuta, / tadorna), which somewhat resembles a goose in form and habit, but breeds in burrows.
- English Word Sheldrake Definition Any one of the American mergansers.
- English Word Shelduck Definition The sheldrake.
- English Word Shelf Definition A flat tablet or ledge of any material set horizontally at a distance from the floor, to hold objects of use or ornament.
- English Word Shelf Definition A sand bank in the sea, or a rock, or ledge of rocks, rendering the water shallow, and dangerous to ships.
- English Word Shelf Definition A stratum lying in a very even manner; a flat, projecting layer of rock.
- English Word Shelf Definition A piece of timber running the whole length of a vessel inside the timberheads.
- English Word Shelfa Definition Alt. of Shilfa
- English Word Shelfy Definition Abounding in shelves; full of dangerous shallows.
- English Word Shelfy Definition Full of strata of rock.
- English Word Shell Definition A hard outside covering, as of a fruit or an animal.
- English Word Shell Definition The covering, or outside part, of a nut; as, a hazelnut shell.
- English Word Shell Definition A pod.
- English Word Shell Definition The hard covering of an egg.
- English Word Shell Definition The hard calcareous or chitinous external covering of mollusks, crustaceans, and some other invertebrates. In some mollusks, as the cuttlefishes, it is internal, or concealed by the mantle. Also, the hard covering of some vertebrates, as the armadillo, the tortoise, and the like.