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English
Etymology 1
See shell
Noun
sheal (plural sheals)
- (UK, dialect, obsolete) A shell or pod.
Etymology 2
See shieling
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 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
- helas, leash, hales, Selah, heals, Sahel, Saleh, shale, selah, Heals, Halse, halse, Hales, Shalë
Irish
Pronunciation
Noun
sheal
- Lenited form of seal.