2. Verb. (third-person singular of shell) ¹
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Definition of Shells
1. shell [v] - See also: shell
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shells
Literary usage of Shells
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1921)
"A company doing the forging on shell bodies under an order from a manufacturer
of explosive shells was subject to the tax imposed by Act Sept 8, 1916, ..."
2. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1920)
"Six species of freshwater shells from New York and Illinois. Dn. FRED BAKER. ...
Twelve species of land and marine shells. DR. WT BRIGHAM. ..."
3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1907)
"Those with broken shells never came out although for three ... The shells at the
various heaps were either occupied or empty. The number of both sorts was ..."
4. Proceedings by Natural Gas Association of America, Modern Language Association of America (1917)
"Slate 335 " 3500 Sand (Bradford) trace of oil 20 " 3520 Slate and shells 175 "
3695 Slate and shells 195 " 3890 Slate and shells 140 " 4030 Slate and shells ..."
5. Natural History of Hawaii: Being an Account of the Hawaiian People, the by William Alanson Bryan (1915)
"Pleasure of Collecting shells—The Common Forms Numerous—Three Types of ...
Cone shells—Auger shells—Conch shells—Cowry shells—Egg shells—Tun shells—Cameo ..."
6. Geological Observations on South America: Being the Third Part of the by Charles Darwin, George Brettingham Sowerby, Edward Forbes (1846)
"These shells lie at the height of only two feet above the lake, nor would they
have been worth mentioning, except in connexion ..."
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