SHIRRED

Verb

shirred

simple past tense and past participle of shirr

Source: Wiktionary


Shirred, a.

1. (Sewing)

Definition: Made or gathered into a shirr; as, a shirred bonnet.

2. (Cookery)

Definition: Broken into an earthen dish and baked over the fire; -- said of eggs.

SHIRR

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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UNAMBIGUOUS

(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa


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