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Definition of Shets
1. shet [v] - See also: shet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shets
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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