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Definition of shell
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Shell (n.) A light boat the frame of which is
covered
with thin wood or with
paper;
as, a
racing
shell..
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Block
::
Block (v. t.) A
grooved
pulley
or
sheave
incased
in a frame or shell which is
provided
with a hook, eye, or
strap,
by which it may be
attached
to an
object.
It is used to
change
the
direction
of
motion,
as in
raising
a heavy
object
that can not be
conveniently
reached,
and also, when two or more such
sheaves
are
compounded,
to
change
the rate of
motion,
or to exert
increased
force;
-- used
especially
in the
rigging
of
ships,
and in
tackles..
Inequivalvular
::
Inequivalvular
(a.)
Having
unequal
valves,
as the shell of an
oyster..
Bream
::
Bream (v. t.) To
clean,
as a
ship's
bottom
of
adherent
shells,
seaweed,
etc., by the
application
of fire and
scraping..
Shelled
::
Shelled
(imp. & p. p.) of Shel.
Pecan
::
Pecan (n.) A
species
of
hickory
(Carya
olivaeformis),
growing
in North
America,
chiefly
in the
Mississippi
valley
and in
Texas,
where it is one of the
largest
of
forest
trees;
also, its
fruit,
a
smooth,
oblong
nut, an inch or an inch and a half long, with a thin shell and
well-flavored
meat..
Vitrina
::
Vitrina
(n.) A genus of
terrestrial
gastropods,
having
transparent,
very thin, and
delicate
shells,
--
whence
the
name..
Bellerophon
::
Bellerophon
(n.) A genus of
fossil
univalve
shells,
believed
to
belong
to the
Heteropoda,
peculiar
to the
Paleozoic
age..
Siphon
::
Siphon
(n.) The
anterior
prolongation
of the
margin
of any
gastropod
shell for the
protection
of the soft
siphon.
Angiostomous
::
Angiostomous
(a.) With a
narrow
mouth,
as the shell of
certain
gastropods..
Shell
::
Shell (n.) The husks of cacao
seeds,
a
decoction
of which is often used as a
substitute
for
chocolate,
cocoa,
etc..
Orbulina
::
Orbulina
(n.) A genus of
minute
living
Foraminifera
having
a
globular
shell.
Reticularia
::
Reticularia
(n. pl.) An
extensive
division
of
rhizopods
in which the
pseudopodia
are more or less
slender
and
coalesce
at
certain
points,
forming
irregular
meshes.
It
includes
the
shelled
Foraminifera,
together
with some
groups
which lack a true
shell..
Squarroso-dentate
::
Squarrose
(a.)
Having
scales
spreading
every way, or
standing
upright,
or at right
angles
to the
surface;
-- said of a
shell..
Conchoidal
::
Conchoidal
(a.)
Having
elevations
or
depressions
in form like one half of a
bivalve
shell;
--
applied
principally
to a
surface
produced
by
fracture.
Shard
::
Shard (n.) A piece or
fragment
of an
earthen
vessel,
or a like
brittle
substance,
as the shell of an egg or
snail..
Mask Shell
::
Mask shell () Any
spiral
marine
shell of the genus
Persona,
having
a
curiously
twisted
aperture..
Gizzard
::
Gizzard
(n.) A
stomach
armed with
chitinous
or
shelly
plates
or
teeth,
as in
certain
insects
and
mollusks..
Bubble Shell
::
Bubble
shell () A
marine
univalve
shell of the genus Bulla and
allied
genera,
belonging
to the
Tectibranchiata..
Purpura
::
Purpura
(n.) A genus of
marine
gastropods,
usually
having
a rough and thick
shell.
Some
species
yield a
purple
dye..
Sandworm
::
Sandworm
(n.) Any
species
of
annelids
of the genus
Sabellaria.
They
construct
firm tubes of
agglutinated
sand on rocks and
shells,
and are
sometimes
destructive
to
oysters..
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