Shell-lac
(Shell"-lac`, Shel"lac`) n. [Shell + lac a resinous substance; cf. D. shellak, G. schellack.]
See the Note under 2d Lac.
Shellapple
(Shell"ap`ple), n. (Zoöl.) See Sheldafle.
Shellbark
(Shell"bark`) n. (Bot.) A species of hickory (Carya alba) whose outer bark is loose and peeling; a
shagbark; also, its nut.
Shelled
(Shelled) a. (Zoöl.) Having a shell.
Sheller
(Shell"er) n. One who, or that which, shells; as, an oyster sheller; a corn sheller.
Shellfish
(Shell"fish`) n. (Zoöl.) Any aquatic animal whose external covering consists of a shell, either
testaceous, as in oysters, clams, and other mollusks, or crustaceous, as in lobsters and crabs.
Shelling
(Shell"ing), n. Groats; hulled oats. Simmonds.
Shell-less
(Shell"-less), a. Having no shell. J. Burroughs.
Shellproof
(Shell"proof`) a. Capable of resisting bombs or other shells; bombproof.
Shellwork
(Shell"work`) n. Work composed of shells, or adorned with them. Cotgrave.
Shelly
(Shell"y) a. Abounding with shells; consisting of shells, or of a shell. "The shelly shore." Prior.
Shrinks backward in his shelly cave.
Shak. Shelter
(Shel"ter) n. [Cf. OE. scheltrun, shiltroun, schelltrome, scheldtrome, a guard, squadron, AS.
scildtruma a troop of men with shields; scild shield + truma a band of men. See Shield, n.]
1. That which covers or defends from injury or annoyance; a protection; a screen.
The sick and weak the healing plant shall aid,
From storms a shelter, and from heat a shade.
Pope. 2. One who protects; a guardian; a defender.
Thou [God] hast been a shelter for me.
Ps. lxi. 3. 3. The state of being covered and protected; protection; security.
Who into shelter takes their tender bloom.
Young. Shelter tent,
a small tent made of pieces of cotton duck arranged to button together. In field service the
soldiers carry the pieces.
Syn. — Asylum; refuge; retreat; covert; sanctuary; protection; defense; security.
Shelter
(Shel"ter) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sheltered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Sheltering.]
1. To be a shelter for; to provide with a shelter; to cover from injury or annoyance; to shield; to protect.
Those ruins sheltered once his sacred head.
Dryden.
You have no convents . . . in which such persons may be received and sheltered.
Southey. 2. To screen or cover from notice; to disguise.
In vain I strove to cheek my growing flame,
Or shelter passion under friendship's name.
Prior.