sheal

English

Etymology 1

See shell

Noun

sheal (plural sheals)

(UK, dialect, obsolete) A shell or pod.

Etymology 2

Noun

sheal (plural sheals)

A shieling

Verb

sheal (third-person singular simple present sheals, present participle shealing, simple past and past participle shealed)

To shell (remove husks, shells etc)
- c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
  That's a shealed peascod.
To shelter under a shieling

Anagrams

Hales, Heals, Sahel, Saleh, Selah, hales, halse, heals, leash, selah, shale

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