sheal

noun, verb — 4 senses

sheal

noun

Etymology Variant of shiel, from Middle English schelen, schyllen, from Old English sċylian, sċilian. Akin to Old English scealu (“shell, husk”). See also shell.

UK, Dialectal, Obsolete A shell or pod.

sheal

verb

Etymology See shieling

To shell (remove husks, shells etc)

That's a shealed peascod.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):

To shelter under a shieling

sheal

noun

Etymology See shieling

A shieling

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