What does "sheal" mean?
Sheal: Same as Sheeling. [Scot.]
Additional senses
- 2.To put under a sheal or shelter. [Scot.]
- 3.To take the husks or pods off from; to shell; to empty of its contents, as a husk or a pod. [Obs. or Prov.Eng. & Scot.] Jamieson. That's a shealed peascod. Shak.
- 4.A shell or pod. [Obs. or Prov.Eng.]
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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