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Shell (A)

is a hollow iron ball, with a fuze-hole in it to receive a fuze, which is a fuze, which is a plug of wood containing gunpowder. It is constructed to burn slowly, and, on firing, the piece ignites, and continues to burn during its flight till it falls on the object at which it is directed, when it bursts, scattering its fragments in all directions.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Sheb-seze
Sheba (Queen of)
Shebeen
Sheep
Sheet Anchor
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Shekinah (shachan, to reside)
Sheldonian Theatre
Shelf
Shell (A)
Shell Jacket (A)
Shell of an Egg
Shells
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Shepherd
Shepherd Kings or Hyksos
Shepherd Lord (The)
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