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- English Word Shell Definition Hence, by extension, any mollusks having such a covering.
- English Word Shell Definition A hollow projectile, of various shapes, adapted for a mortar or a cannon, and containing an explosive substance, ignited with a fuse or by percussion, by means of which the projectile is burst and its fragments scattered. See Bomb.
- English Word Shell Definition The case which holds the powder, or charge of powder and shot, used with breechloading small arms.
- English Word Shell Definition Any slight hollow structure; a framework, or exterior structure, regarded as not complete or filled in; as, the shell of a house.
- English Word Shell Definition A coarse kind of coffin; also, a thin interior coffin inclosed in a more substantial one.
- English Word Shell Definition An instrument of music, as a lyre, -- the first lyre having been made, it is said, by drawing strings over a tortoise shell.
- English Word Shell Definition An engraved copper roller used in print works.
- English Word Shell Definition The husks of cacao seeds, a decoction of which is often used as a substitute for chocolate, cocoa, etc.
- English Word Shell Definition The outer frame or case of a block within which the sheaves revolve.
- English Word Shell Definition A light boat the frame of which is covered with thin wood or with paper; as, a racing shell.
- English Word Shell Definition To strip or break off the shell of; to take out of the shell, pod, etc.; as, to shell nuts or pease; to shell oysters.
- English Word Shell Definition To separate the kernels of (an ear of Indian corn, wheat, oats, etc.) from the cob, ear, or husk.
- English Word Shell Definition To throw shells or bombs upon or into; to bombard; as, to shell a town.
- English Word Shell Definition To fall off, as a shell, crust, etc.
- English Word Shell Definition To cast the shell, or exterior covering; to fall out of the pod or husk; as, nuts shell in falling.
- English Word Shell Definition To be disengaged from the ear or husk; as, wheat or rye shells in reaping.
- English Word Shell-lac Definition Alt. of Shellac
- English Word Shell-less Definition Having no shell.
- English Word Shellac Definition See the Note under 2d Lac.
- English Word Shellapple Definition See Sheldafle.