shirr
(verb) bake (eggs) in their shells until they are set; “shirr the eggs”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
shirr (third-person singular simple present shirrs, present participle shirring, simple past and past participle shirred)
(US, sewing) To make gathers in textiles by drawing together parallel threads.
(US, transitive) To bake (a raw egg removed from its shell) in a baking dish.
shirr (plural shirrs)
(sewing) A shirring.
Source: Wiktionary
Shirr, n. (Sewing)
Definition: A series of close parallel runnings which are drawn up so as to make the material between them set full by gatherings; -- called also shirring, and gauging.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 January 2025
(noun) memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe)
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
