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Definition of Sheal
1. n. Same as Sheeling.
2. v. t. To put under a sheal or shelter.
3. v. t. To take the husks or pods off from; to shell; to empty of its contents, as a husk or a pod.
4. n. A shell or pod.
Definition of Sheal
1. Noun. (UK dialect obsolete) A shell or pod. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sheal
1. shealing [n -S] - See also: shealing
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sheal
Literary usage of Sheal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Step-mother: A Tale by George Payne Rainsford James (1846)
"He sheat the king, he sheat de Parliament, be sheal everybody. He be vooe grand
imposture." "Perfectly, Sir John," replied the earl: "I have heard a good ..."
2. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Circuit Court of the United by Elijah Paine, Thomas Whitney Waterman (1856)
"Patten. of the South sheal of Nantucket; and secondly, as to George's Bank.
With respect to the former, he states that on all the old charts published prior ..."
3. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood, John Christopher Atkinson (1872)
"To sheal the sheep, to put them under cover.—Jam. ON. skjol, shelter, protection ;
skyla, ... To sheal. To sheal milk, to separate the parts, to curdle it. ..."
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