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Definition of shell
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of shell is as below...
Shell (n.) An
instrument
of
music,
as a lyre, -- the first lyre
having
been made, it is said, by
drawing
strings
over a
tortoise
shell..
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Arming
::
Arming
(n.) A piece of
tallow
placed
in a
cavity
at the lower end of a
sounding
lead, to bring up the sand,
shells,
etc., of the sea
bottom..
Calabash
::
Calabash
(n.) A water
dipper,
bottle,
bascket,
or other
utensil,
made from the dry shell of a
calabash
or
gourd..
Shuck
::
Shuck (n.) A
shell,
husk, or pod;
especially,
the outer
covering
of such nuts as the
hickory
nut,
butternut,
peanut,
and
chestnut..
Shell-lac
::
Shell-lac
(n.) Alt. of
Shella.
Include
::
Include
(v. t.) To
confine
within;
to hold; to
contain;
to shut up; to
inclose;
as, the shell of a nut
includes
the
kernel;
a pearl is
included
in a
shell..
Peritreme
::
Peritreme
(n.) The edge of the
aperture
of a
univalve
shell.
Limpet
::
Limpet
(n.) Any one of many
species
of
marine
shellfish
of the order
Docoglossa,
mostly
found
adhering
to
rocks,
between
tides..
Kernel
::
Kernel
(n.) The
essential
part of a seed; all that is
within
the seed
walls;
the
edible
substance
contained
in the shell of a nut;
hence,
anything
included
in a
shell,
husk, or
integument;
as, the
kernel
of a nut. See
Illust.
of
Endocarp..
Bream
::
Bream (v. t.) To
clean,
as a
ship's
bottom
of
adherent
shells,
seaweed,
etc., by the
application
of fire and
scraping..
Plastron
::
Plastron
(n.) The
ventral
shield
or shell of
tortoises
and
turtles.
See
Testudinata.
Sheal
::
Sheal (v. t.) To take the husks or pods off from; to
shell;
to empty of its
contents,
as a husk or a pod..
Pteroceras
::
Pteroceras
(n.) A genus of large
marine
gastropods
having
the outer
border
of the lip
divided
into
lobes;
--
called
also
scorpion
shell.
Thecosomata
::
Thecosomata
(n. pl.) An order of
Pteropoda
comprising
those
species
which have a
shell.
See
Pteropoda.
Proboscidifera
::
Proboscidifera
(n. pl.) A
subdivision
of the
taenioglossate
gastropods,
including
the
fig-shells
(Pyrula),
the
helmet
shells
(Cassis),
the
tritons,
and
allied
genera..
Solenacean
::
Solenacean
(n.) Any
species
of
marine
bivalve
shells
belonging
to the
family
Solenidae.
Sankha
::
Sankha
(n.) A chank shell
(Turbinella
pyrum);
also, a shell
bracelet
or
necklace
made in India from the chank
shell..
Holostomatous
::
Holostomatous
(a.)
Having
an
entire
aperture;
-- said of many
univalve
shells.
Escalop
::
Escalop
(n.) A
bivalve
shell of the genus
Pecten.
See
Scallop.
Petalism
::
Petalism
(n.) A form of
sentence
among the
ancient
Syracusans
by which they
banished
for five years a
citizen
suspected
of
having
dangerous
influence
or
ambition.
It was
similar
to the
ostracism
in
Athens;
but olive
leaves
were used
instead
of
shells
for
ballots.
Operculated
::
Operculated
(a.)
Having
an
operculum,
or an
apparatus
for
protecting
the
gills;
-- said of
shells
and of
fishes..
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