SHEAL

Noun

sheal (plural sheals)

(UK, dialect, obsolete) A shell or pod.

A shieling

Verb

sheal (third-person singular simple present sheals, present participle shealing, simple past and past participle shealed)

To shell (remove husks, shells etc)

To shelter under a shieling

Anagrams

• Hales, Heals, Sahel, Saleh, Selah, hales, halse, heals, leash, selah, shale

Source: Wiktionary


Sheal, n.

Definition: Same as Sheeling. [Scot.]

Sheal, v. t.

Definition: To put under a sheal or shelter. [Scot.]

Sheal, v. t. Etym: [See Shell.]

Definition: To take the husks or pods off from; to shell; to empty of its contents, as a husk or a pod. [Obs. or Prov.Eng. & Scot.] Jamieson. That's a shealed peascod. Shak.

Sheal, n.

Definition: A shell or pod. [Obs. or Prov.Eng.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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