Definition of Shets

1. Noun. (plural of shet) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Shets

1. shet [v] - See also: shet

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shets

sherris
sherrises
sherry
sherry wine
sherrylike
sherryvallies
sherwani
sherwanis
sherwoodite
shes
shet
shetani
sheth
sheths
shetlands
shets (current term)
shetting
sheuch
sheuched
sheuching
sheuchs
sheugh
sheughed
sheughing
sheughs
sheva
shevas
shew
shew-bread
shew bread

Literary usage of Shets

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Supplement to Spons ̓dictionary of Engineering, Civil, Mechanical, Military by Edward Spon, Francis N. Spon (1879)
"These shets ore then heavily loaded with explosive, aml strongly tamped. When fired, these shets throw out a wedge.shaped mass of roek, ..."

2. Spons' Dictionary of Engineering, Civil, Mechanical, Military, and Naval by Edward Spon, Oliver Byrne (1872)
"Test : fifteen shets to be fired from a fixed rest, at a target. ... Test : eight shets to be fired ; then fine dry sand to be sifted over the breech ..."

3. Archaeologia Cantiana by Kent Archaeological Society (1868)
"... v payre of shets good and bade and an olde clothe in the ... ij payre of shets whereof j bad and an olde coverlet ..."

4. Willis and Inventories Illustrative of the History, Manners, Language by James Raine, William Greenwell, John Crawford Hogdson, Herbert Maxwell Wood (1835)
"IT'M xj paire of lyne shets ... xj'. viij paire of harden shets ... xiij payre of harden shets ..."

5. The St. James's Magazine (1866)
"One Margaret Jorden by her will, dated in 1589, gave " vnto Richard Morgan a payr of shets; ... to Thomas Phillips, curate, one peyr of shets; ..."

6. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1862)
"Item, I geve to Thomas Phil- lipps, curate, one peyr of shets, ... It'm, I geve vnto Kobert Grey one payr of shets, ..."

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