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Type of shell mound
Shell rings are archaeological sites with curved shell middens completely or partially surrounding a clear space. The rings were sited next to estuaries
Shell_ring
United States historic place
the ring. The St. Catherines shell ring appears to have been constructed in two stages. A ring of shallow shell filled pits were found under the shell ring
St._Catherines_Island
This List of shell ring sites includes archaeological sites with confirmed and possible shell rings. Shell rings have been reported from Colombia, Peru
List_of_shell_ring_sites
Archaeological site in Georgia, US
The McQueen Shell Ring is a Late Archaic archaeological site on St. Catherines Island on the coast of Georgia, known for a quantity of copper artifacts
McQueen_Shell_Ring
use of the shell ring after 50 BCE. Relatively flat shell fields, of about 6.5 hectares (16 acres) in area, are in the interior of the shell works, separated
Dismal_Key
Archaeological site in South Carolina, United States
Lighthouse Point Shell Ring (38CH12), also known as Parrot's Point Shell Ring, is a historic mound located on James Island, Charleston County, South Carolina
Lighthouse Point Shell Ring (38CH12)
Lighthouse_Point_Shell_Ring_(38CH12)
Archaeological site in Florida, US
Island in Collier County, Florida. The site includes four mounds and a shell ring. It has one of the oldest known mound burials in the eastern United States
Horr's_Island
Archaeological site in Brickell, Miami
Examination of the earth revealed numerous archeological artifacts, ranging from shell-tools and stone axe-heads to human teeth and charcoal from fires. The developer
Miami_Circle
Town in South Carolina, United States
commercial growth. The Sea Pines shell ring can be seen near the east entrance to the Sea Pines Forest Preserve. The ring, one of at least 50 known to exist
Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
Hilton_Head_Island,_South_Carolina
Archaeological site in South Carolina, US
Atlantic Coast of South Carolina, consisting of three shell rings. Shell rings are curved shell middens wholly or partially surrounding a clear central
Fig_Island
Legendary indigenous North American creature
"large circular pile of boulders with a central depression or hollow". The ring had an outer diameter of around 6.5 metres and when excavated had a minimum
Thunderbird_(mythology)
Naval battle during the Second World War
"Y" turrets guns were in operation. "Y" turrets shell transfer ring jammed at salvo 20, due to a shell sliding out of its tray due to the motion of the
Battle_of_the_Denmark_Strait
Place in Florida listed on National Register of Historic Places
vegetable container storage discovered in North America. Animal bones and shells found in the graves indicated that the people ate white-tailed deer, raccoon
Windover_Archeological_Site
Statement on the gravitational attraction of spherical bodies
are three steps to proving Newton's shell theorem (1). First, the equation for a gravitational field due to a ring of mass will be derived. Arranging an
Shell_theorem
Archaeological site in South Carolina, United States
Plantation Shell Ring, is a historic mound located near Mount Pleasant, Charleston County, South Carolina. It is one of 20 or more prehistoric shell rings located
Auld_Mound
Archaeological site in Florida, US
culture. Late Deptford sites on the Gulf coast built shell mounds. Horseshoe-shaped shell rings appeared in Deptford sites along the Big Bend Coast starting
River Styx archaeological site
River_Styx_archaeological_site
Hypothetical megastructure around a star
the paper as a "shell" or "biosphere". He later clarified that he did not have in mind a solid structure, saying: "A solid shell or ring surrounding a star
Dyson_sphere
Ancient shell midden in Chiba, Kantō, Japan
about 170 meters, and two shell mounds were connected in a figure eight forming a double shell ring. The middens contained shells from clams and oysters
Kasori_Shell_Mound
Old dump for domestic waste
Crystal River site provides an example of this phenomenon. Some shell mounds, known as shell rings, are circular or open arcs with a clear central area. Many
Midden
Historic site in Florida, USA
Whelk shells and yaupon holly, two local products, were valuable elite commodities to the peoples of the Mississippian cultures, used to make shell gorgets
Mill_Cove_Complex
Period from c. 8000 to 1000 BC in North America
to 1000 BC, shell rings, large shell middens that more or less surround open centers, were developed along the coast. These shell rings are numerous
Archaic period (North America)
Archaic_period_(North_America)
South Bluff Heritage Preserve is on the island. It includes ring sites (List of shell ring sites) dating from 5,000-3,000 years ago. List of shipwrecks
Coosaw_Island
Archaeological site in South Carolina, United States
Places in 1970. The site is one of 20 or more prehistoric Indian shell middens in a ring shape located from the central coast of South Carolina to the central
Sea Pines (archaeological site)
Sea_Pines_(archaeological_site)
Archaeological site in Colombia
of Cartagena de Indias. A shell ring of the Late Archaic period has been described at Puerto Hormiga. The Puerto Hormiga ring, found in a marsh, is composed
Puerto Hormiga archaeological site
Puerto_Hormiga_archaeological_site
Archaeological culture in Florida, US
Gulf coast close to the Cades Pond culture area built shell mounds. Horseshoe-shaped shell rings appeared in those sites starting in the first century
Cades_Pond_culture
Earliest phase of European settlement in the Americas
a Norse site at L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland. They found a bronze, ring-headed pin like those the Norse used to fasten their cloaks inside the cooking
Norse settlement of North America
Norse_settlement_of_North_America
Archaeological site in South Carolina, United States
Carolina. The site includes one of 20 or more prehistoric Indian shell middens in a ring shape located from the central coast of South Carolina to the central
Green's_Shell_Enclosure
Jōmon period shell midden in Ichikawa, Kantō, Japan
the shell middens were confirmed, forming a ring-shaped village that surrounding a central plaza, which in turn was surrounded by the shell ring midden
Hanawa_Shell_Mound
Archaeological site in southwestern Illinois, US
The inhabitants left no written records beyond symbols on pottery, marine shell, copper, wood, and stone, but the evidence of elaborately planned community
Cahokia
Mythological serpent found in the mythology of many cultures
diamond on its forehead, and scales glowing like sparks of fire. It has rings or spots of color along its whole length, and can not be wounded except
Horned_Serpent
Ancient game
the team that put the ball through a ring. However, placing the ball through the ring was a rare event—the rings at Chichen Itza, for example, were set
Mesoamerican_ballgame
Principal energy levels in atomic physics
"K shell"), followed by the "2 shell" (or "L shell"), then the "3 shell" (or "M shell"), and so on further and further from the nucleus. The shells correspond
Electron_shell
Prehistoric burial site in Charlotte County, Florida, US
the most significant sites in peninsular Florida. Approximately 45 rare shell cups, along with exotic incised ceramics vessels from Fort Walton and St
Aqui_Esta_Burial_Mound
Peoples of the Florida Everglades
sunken plazas, ponds, ramps, raised platforms, ridges, rings, walls, and "water courts". Shell works, including large ones such as Dismal Key, Key Marco
Indigenous people of the Everglades region
Indigenous_people_of_the_Everglades_region
Archaeological culture in Florida, USA
use the culture made of shell. Cushing found earplugs at Key Marco that were made from wood, shell rings, and tortoise shell. Small figurines, often depicting
Glades_culture
Archaeological site in South Carolina, United States
The site includes two of 20 or more prehistoric Native American shell middens in a ring shape located from the central coast of South Carolina to the central
Skull Creek (Beaufort County, South Carolina)
Skull_Creek_(Beaufort_County,_South_Carolina)
Prehistoric and historic currency using sea shells
of the world. Shell money usually consisted of whole or partial sea shells, often worked into beads or otherwise shaped. The use of shells in trade began
Shell_money
Norse archaeological site in Newfoundland, Canada
carbon dating estimates between 990 and 1050 CE (mean date 1014) and tree-ring dating of 1021, L'Anse aux Meadows is the only undisputed site of pre-Columbian
L'Anse_aux_Meadows
Archaeological and paleontological site in Florida, US
a domestic dog. Artifacts recovered from the same layers include marine shells modified as tools, and a number of stone tools. Both local limestone and
Cutler_Fossil_Site
Census-designated place in Florida, United States
high point of 20 feet (6.1 m) above sea level. This height is due to the shell mounds built on the island during more than 2,000 years of occupation by
Chokoloskee,_Florida
Pre-Columbian Native American culture
a variety of raw materials, ranging from copper from the Great Lakes to shells from the Gulf Coast. Lasting traces of Adena culture are still seen in the
Adena_culture
Archaeological culture in North America
estuaries. During the 2000 years of the St. Johns culture, large middens of shell and other debris, sometimes covering several acres and often up to 25 feet
St._Johns_culture
Cultures of the Late Woodland period of the North American Southeast
culture. While a number of sites have been surveyed, most of the mounds and shell middens in the area have been disturbed or destroyed by artifact hunters
Weeden_Island_culture
Ancient shell midden in Kasaoka, Japan
Some of the burials were accompanied by various grave goods such as shell rings, earrings, and waist ornaments as well as stone arrowheads, dogū and
Tsukumo_Shell_Mound
Archaeological site in Chiba, Japan
ago). The midden is horseshoe-shaped, coming close to forming a complete shell ring, with dimensions of 150 meters north-to-south by 160 meters east-to-west
Arayashiki_Shell_Mound
Historic Indigenous people in Florida, United States
saltwater wetlands. Because they relied on shellfish, they accumulated large shell middens during this period. Many people lived in large villages with ceremonial
Calusa
United States historic place
Simpson, Terrance. The Narvaez/Anderson Site (8Pi54): A Safety Harbor Culture Shell Mound and Midden – AD 1000-1600. Gulf Coast Archeological Society, 1998
Jungle_Prada_Site
U.S. national park in New Mexico
strikes the center of the larger spiral; it steps outward year by year, ring by ring, until it strikes the outermost edge of it during the full "maximum moon"
Chaco Culture National Historical Park
Chaco_Culture_National_Historical_Park
United States historic place
Rock Eagle is the next oldest Indian mound in Georgia after the Sapelo Shell Ring Complex. Early settlers of the region thought it might cover some fantastic
Rock_Eagle
Family of shellfish, many edible
clapping their shells together. Scallops have a well-developed nervous system, and unlike most other bivalves all scallops have a ring of numerous simple
Scallop
Cultural period in parts of the US (1000 CE – 1500 CE)
and working one plot at a time. Shell-tempered pottery. The adoption and use of riverine (or more rarely marine) shells as tempering agents in ceramics
Mississippian period (archaeology)
Mississippian_period_(archaeology)
Archaeological site in Hanamigawa
It has a horseshoe shape opening to the northeast, forming a partial shell ring with dimensions of 200 meters from east-to-west by 150 meters from north-to-south
Kotehashi_Shell_Mound
Archaeological site in South Carolina, United States
Beaufort County, South Carolina, is one of the nearly two dozen prehistoric shell rings that run from the center coast of South Carolina to the central coast
Chester Field (Laurel Bay, South Carolina)
Chester_Field_(Laurel_Bay,_South_Carolina)
Ancient Puebloan ruin in New Mexico
him and his descendants. He was buried with thousands of turquoise and shell beads and pendants, which originally formed necklaces, anklets and bracelets
Pueblo_Bonito
Archaeological culture in Florida, US
mounds. Some of the mounds in Caloosahatchee settlements were undisturbed shell middens, but other were constructed from midden and earth materials. The
Caloosahatchee_culture
Island in Florida, United States
of the island along the western side. A 9-metre-tall (30-foot) conical shell midden with ramps is located on the west side of the island towards the
Useppa_Island
Complex constructions of mollusc shells
plazas, ponds, ramps, raised platforms, ridges, rings, walls, and "water courts". The largest shell works were constructed during the Woodland period
Shell_works
Archaeological site in Alabama, United States
ten feet (3.0 m) thick. The structures are archaeologically similar to shell rings found on the coasts of Florida and South Carolina. In 1940 and 1941,
Indian Mound Park (Dauphin Island, Alabama)
Indian_Mound_Park_(Dauphin_Island,_Alabama)
Ceramics of the Mississippian culture (800 to 1600 CE)
adoption and use of riverine (or more rarely marine) shell-tempering agents in the clay paste. Shell tempering is one of the hallmarks of Mississippian
Mississippian_culture_pottery
Native American archaeological culture
mound to the plaza. A burial mound would be located off to the side. A shell mound, or midden, ran along the shore, and other middens were sometimes
Safety_Harbor_culture
Topics referred to by the same term
United States Chester Field (Laurel Bay, South Carolina), prehistoric shell ring Chesterfield (disambiguation) This disambiguation page lists articles
Chester_Field
Archaeological site in Japan
and 120 meters from north-to-south, forming an incomplete shell ring. The presence of a shell mound in this location was known at a relatively early time
Ubayama_Shell_Mound
Ring of soft material designed to obturate under pressure
cast-iron casing of the shell is too hard to practically deform to provide a tight seal for the propellant gases. An obturating ring which is called driving
Obturating_ring
American film screenwriter and producer
addition to the American version of The Ring and its sequel The Ring Two and the American adaptation of Ghost in the Shell. For his work on Top Gun: Maverick
Ehren_Kruger
Place in Georgia, United States
Simons Island, is an archaeological site that includes a Late Archaic shell ring. The Cannon's Point site has yielded evidence of occupation by Native
St._Simons,_Georgia
Archaeological site in South Carolina, United States
located near Awendaw, South Carolina. It is one of 20 or more prehistoric shell rings located from the central coast of South Carolina to the central coast
Sewee_Mound
Ancient Tiwa pueblo in New Mexico
February 3. The next day, a hole was broken in the wall of the church to fire shells and grapeshot at those seeking refuge within. More than 150 people were
Taos_Pueblo
Payload-carrying projectile
lyddite shells in British service were painted yellow, with a red ring behind the nose to indicate the shell had been filled. The mine shell is a particular
Shell_(projectile)
Archaeological site in Ichikawa, Japan
south of the Horinouchi Shell Midden. History portal Japan portal List of Historic Sites of Japan (Chiba) List of shell ring sites "堀之内貝塚". Cultural Heritage
Horinouchi_Shell_Mound
Archaeological culture in the US
Island, between the mouth of the Suwannee River and Cedar Key, Florida Shell Mound (8DI42), north of Cedar Key Palmetto Mound (8LV2), north of Cedar
Deptford_culture
Beverage made from yaupon holly
been found to have rings of black residue in the bottoms, suggesting they were used for black drink rituals. Many examples of shell cups found in Mississippian
Yaupon_tea
Atomic model introduced by Niels Bohr in 1913
the maximum electrons in a shell is eight, writing: "We see, further, that a ring of n electrons cannot rotate in a single ring round a nucleus of charge
Bohr_model
Family of molluscs
All are protected under CITES Appendix II. Depending on species, adult shell diameter is between 10 and 25 cm (4 and 10 inches). The Nautilidae, both
Nautilus
Late prehistoric Native American archaeological culture
the Pensacola culture peoples used the more typical Mississippian culture shell tempering for their pottery. Using this unique combination of sand/grit/grog
Fort_Walton_culture
Archaeological site in Florida, United States
Green Mound is one of the largest Pre-Columbian shell mounds, or shell middens, in the United States. Located in Ponce Inlet, Florida, the peak of the
Green_Mound
Place in Florida listed on National Register of Historic Places
of North America changed. The shell and sand ring also contains burials some of which were placed between layers of shells while others were not. It is
Crystal River Archaeological State Park
Crystal_River_Archaeological_State_Park
Historic Florida Tequesta burial mound
At the base of the mound is a 6-inch (15 cm) layer of "black dirt and shell with refuse", a likely indication that it was built atop a seasonal camp
Pompano_Beach_Mound
Archeological site in New Mexico, United States
toward the end of the Rio Grande Classic Period. Dendrochronology (tree-ring dating) indicates that a severe drought occurred in the late 16th century
Tsankawi
Form of Native American art
Shell gorgets are a Native American art form of polished, carved shell pendants worn around the neck. The gorgets are frequently engraved, and are sometimes
Shell_gorget
Ancient North American indigenous civilization
their predecessors the Adena. Grizzly bear teeth, fresh water pearls, sea shells, sharks' teeth, copper, and small quantities of silver were crafted as elegant
Hopewell_tradition
Strand of tissue passing longitudinally through the shell of a cephalopod mollusc
chamber of the shell, the siphuncle is encased by a tubular structure known as a connecting ring. In living nautiluses, the connecting ring is a simple,
Siphuncle
Pre-historic canal in Florida
easy access to the interior of the island from the water was the group of shell mounds at what is now called the Pineland Site. Late nineteenth-century
Pine_Island_Canal
Archaeological site in Florida
adjoining tidal marshes and shell mounds. The shell mounds on Roberts Island are covered by a closed canopy forest. The shell mounds on Roberts Island are
Roberts_Island_complex
Town in South Carolina, United States
Road. The Fort Johnson/Powder Magazine, Fort Pemberton, Lighthouse Point Shell Ring (38CH12), Marshlands Plantation House, Seashore Farmers' Lodge No. 767
James_Island,_South_Carolina
Indigenous groups in the US
projectile points and tools; ground stone plummets, gorgets and vessels; and shell and stone beads. Stone tools found at Poverty Point were made from raw materials
Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands
Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Southeastern_Woodlands
Deck gun
openings used to the install the shell's filler and hold the fuzes. Around the tube near the base is a copper alloy ring called the Rotating Band. This
5-inch/38-caliber_gun
Archaeological culture in the south-eastern United States
and beads, rare minerals, stone platform pipes, mica figurines, marine shells, freshwater pearls, and greenstone celts. The pipes had flat bases with
Marksville_culture
Ancestral Puebloan homes
organic material. The exterior was stuccoed with sand, lime and oyster dust shells, then it was painted blue, green, or pink. Made without foundations, the
Ancestral_Puebloan_dwellings
Archaeological culture in Florida
earthworks. Some mounds contained few, if any artifacts. Others held sherds, shell tools, projectile points, and human teeth, and some of the latest constructed
Belle_Glade_culture
Archaeological site in Florida, US
shoreline and holds over 35,000 cubic yards (27,000 m3) of shells. It is the largest shell midden on the mainland United States, with an approximate height
Turtle_Mound
Peoples of Florida prior to European-Americans
500 to 14,500 years ago. Evidence that a giant tortoise was cooked in its shell at Little Salt Spring dates to between 12,000 and 13,500 years ago. Human
Indigenous_peoples_of_Florida
North American cultural period (1000 BCE – 1000 CE)
from mica, novaculite, hematite, banded slate, and other kinds of stone, shell beads and cups, and leaf-shaped "cache blades". This culture is believed
Woodland_period
Largest of the Okinawa Islands in Japan
Okinawa, rice was not cultivated until the Middle Shell Mound period. Shell rings for arms made of shells obtained in the Sakishima Islands, namely Miyakojima
Okinawa_Island
Shell midden in Tsuchiura, Kantō, Japan
outskirts of Tsuchiura City. The site has five shell mounds distributed across a flat surface forming a shell ring with a diameter of about 150 meters. In 1900
Kamitakatsu_Shell_Mound
Archaeological site in South Carolina, United States
Charleston County, South Carolina. It is one of 20 or more prehistoric shell rings located from the central coast of South Carolina to the central coast
Horse Island (Rockville, South Carolina)
Horse_Island_(Rockville,_South_Carolina)
Prehistoric site in Louisiana, US
features; they found large post pits, indicating the magnetic circles were rings of wood posts. Radiocarbon dates from the post pit fill and from overlying
Poverty_Point
State park in Florida, United States
mound. The builders used their knowledge to combine a variety of soils and shells for stability, and usually finished the top and sides with clay. The mound
Letchworth-Love Mounds Archaeological State Park
Letchworth-Love_Mounds_Archaeological_State_Park
Fourier shell correlation (FSC) measures the normalised cross-correlation coefficient between two 3-dimensional volumes over corresponding shells in Fourier
Fourier_shell_correlation
Park in Tallahassee, Florida
products to each other. The Etowahans prized the whelk shells from the Gulf Coast for the making of shell gorgets and ritual drinking cups and the Lake Jackson
Lake Jackson Mounds Archaeological State Park
Lake_Jackson_Mounds_Archaeological_State_Park
Archaeological site in Canada
shoulders and hump of a bison. In this case the petrified coils of ammonite shells that broke along the septa into small figurines with four prongs on one
Majorville Cairn and Medicine Wheel site
Majorville_Cairn_and_Medicine_Wheel_site
SHELL RING
SHELL RING
Girl/Female
Welsh
Shell.
Surname or Lastname
English (Gloucestershire)
English (Gloucestershire) : unexplained.Americanized spelling of Schill.
Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, English
Meadow on a Ledge
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Shelley.
Girl/Female
Hindu
A way to do work
Surname or Lastname
North German
North German : topographic name for someone who lived near a marsh, from an old dialect word stel ‘bog’, where the land was built up on mudflats (behind the dyke) for cattle grazing. The word later assumed the meaning ‘small farm’.English (West Yorkshire) : variant of Still 2, possibly also of Steel.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Hill, from southeastern Middle English hell ‘hill’, a dialect form characteristic of Kent and Sussex.English : from a personal name, Helle, which may have been a variant of Elie (a Middle English form of Elias), or perhaps a short form of a personal name formed with Hild- as the first element (see Hilliard for example), or perhaps from the female personal name Helen.German : nickname from Middle High German hell ‘bright’, ‘shining’.German : variant of Helle 3.
Boy/Male
Anglo Saxon
Nold.
Boy/Male
Bengali, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu
Mountain
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Cultured
Girl/Female
Hindu
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Good Character
Girl/Female
American, Anglo, Assamese, Australian, Bengali, British, Christian, Danish, Dutch, English, French, Hebrew, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu
From the Ledge Meadow; Meadow on the Ledge; Little Rock; Ewe; Female Sheep; Style; Manner; Method; Language
Boy/Male
English American
Meadow on a ledge.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a brisk or active person, from Middle English snell ‘quick’, ‘lively’, in part also representing a survival of the Old English personal name Snell or the cognate Old Norse Snjallr.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Shell, a place in Worcestershire, so named from Old English scylf ‘bank’, ‘shelf’.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : ornamental name from German Schelle ‘bell’.Americanized spelling of German Schall or Schill.
Boy/Male
Hindu
Character, Custom, Nature
Male
English
Short form of English unisex Shelley, SHELL means "clearing near a ledge/slope."
Girl/Female
Anglo Saxon English American
From the ledge meadow.
Male
Icelandic
Icelandic form of Old Norse Ãsketill, ÃSKELL means "divine kettle."
SHELL RING
SHELL RING
Girl/Female
Arabic, Assamese, Christian, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Indonesian, Japanese, Kannada, Latin, Malayalam, Marathi, Muslim, Sikh, Spanish, Swedish, Tamil, Telugu
Singer; Love; To Flow; Earth; River; Merry; Victor; From the River's Mouth; Anger; Happy; In Bengal is for Fragrance of a Flower; Best Friend; Drop of Water; A Flooded River Valley; Fairy
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Name of the Daughter of Munyah who Arranged the Marriage of the Prophet PBUH with Sayyidah Khadijah RA
Girl/Female
Arabic, Iranian, Muslim, Parsi
Sinless; Innocent
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada
Krishna's Birth Place
Boy/Male
British, English
Trusted
Boy/Male
Muslim
Observer, Guard the watcher
Surname or Lastname
English
English : either an occupational name for a cowherd, from Middle English kineman ‘cattle man’ (not recorded except as a surname), or more probably from a Middle English survival of the Old English personal name Cynemann ‘royal man’, i.e. the king’s man.Scottish : according to Black, a reduced form of Kininmonth, a habitational name from either of two places so named in Fife; alternatively, it may be a variant of Kinmont, a habitational name from a place named Kinmont, in Annandale in the Borders.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : see Kin.Altered spelling of German Kinmann (see Kuehn).
Girl/Female
Tamil
Shelter, Shade, Influence, Evening, Close of day
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Sikh
Without Defect; Faultless
Girl/Female
Latin
A Roman priestess.
SHELL RING
SHELL RING
SHELL RING
SHELL RING
SHELL RING
n.
A shrapnel shell; shrapnel shells, collectively.
v. i.
To cast the shell, or exterior covering; to fall out of the pod or husk; as, nuts shell in falling.
n.
A genus of marine shells. See Bubble shell.
n.
A light boat the frame of which is covered with thin wood or with paper; as, a racing shell.
n.
The outer husk, pod, or shell, as of oats, pease, etc.; sheal; shell.
v. t.
To throw shells or bombs upon or into; to bombard; as, to shell a town.
v. i.
To fall off, as a shell, crust, etc.
v. t.
To shell.
n.
Any bivalve mollusk which secretes a shelly tube around its siphon, as the watering-shell.
n.
A genus of bivalve shells; the hammer shell.
n.
The covering, or outside part, of a nut; as, a hazelnut shell.
v. i.
To exercise the sense of smell.
a.
Abounding with shells; consisting of shells, or of a shell.
n.
Any pteropod shell.
a.
Having no shell.
v. t.
To put under cover; to sheal.
n.
A shell or pod.
v. t.
To strip or break off the shell of; to take out of the shell, pod, etc.; as, to shell nuts or pease; to shell oysters.