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SHEL'TERING, ppr. Covering from injury or annoyance; protecting.
SHEL'TERED, pp. Covered from injury or annoyance; defended; protected.
SHEL'TER, n. [L. celo .] 1. That which covers or defends from injury or annoyanc...
SHELL'Y, a. 1. Abounding with shells; as the shelly shore. 2. Consisting of shel...
SHELL'ING, ppr. 1. Taking off the shell; casting the external hard covering; sep...
SHELL'ED, pp. Deprived of the shell; also, separated from the ear; as, shelled c...
SHELL'-FISH, n. An aquatic animal whose covering consists of a shell, crustaceou...
SHELL, n. 1. The hard and stony covering of certain fruits and of certain animal...
SHELF'Y, a. 1. Full if shelves; abounding with with sand bank or rocks lying nea...
SHELF, n. plu. shelves . 1. A platform of boards or planks, elevated above the f...
SHEL'DUCK, n. A species of wild duck.
SHEL'DRAKE, n. An aquatic fowl of the duck kind, the Anas tadorna . It has a gre...
SHELD'AFLE, n. A chaffinch. This word is also written shell-apple .
SHEK'EL, n. [Heb. to way; Low L. siclus .] An ancient weight and coin among the ...
SHEILD, n. 1. A broad piece of defensive armor; a buckler; used in war for the p...
SHEIK, n. In Egypt, a person who has the care of a mosk; a kind of priest.