What is any slight hollow structure; a framework, or exterior structure, regarded as not complete or filled in; as, the shell of a house called?
shell — Any slight hollow structure; a framework, or exterior structure, regarded as not complete or filled in; as, the shell of a house. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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