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A metal or cardboard case containing the charge and primer for a piece of firearms ammunition, especially one also containing shot and fired from a shotgun.
from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
A similar outer covering on an egg, fruit, or nut.
from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
A small glass for beer.
from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
A thin layer of pastry.
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verb-transitive
Baseball To hit the pitches of (a pitcher) hard and with regularity: shelled the pitcher for eight runs in the first inning.
from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
To defeat decisively.
from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
To fire shells at; bombard.
from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
To remove from a shell: shell peas.
from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
To remove the shell of; shuck: shell oysters.
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phrasal-verb
Shell out Informal To hand over; pay: had to shell out $500 in car repairs.
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verb-intransitive
To look for or collect shells, as on a seashore: spent the day shelling on Cape Cod.
from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
To shed or become free of a shell.
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verb
To take out of a natural enclosing cover (as a shell, husk, pod, or capsule) .
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To separate the kernels of (as an ear of Indian corn, wheat, or oats) from the cob, ear, or husk.
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To throw at, upon, or into .
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To score heavily against (as an opposing pitcher in baseball).
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To fall or scale off in thin pieces.
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