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SHIRR
shirr
(verb) bake (eggs) in their shells until they are set; “shirr the eggs”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
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.
Noun
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
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