See also:

• SHELL
• SHELL (O. Eng. scell, scyll, cf. Du. sceel, shell, Goth. skalja, tile; the word means originally a thin flake,. cf. Swed. skalja, to peel off; it is allied to " scale " and " skill," from a root meaning to cleave, divide, separate)

SHELL (O. Eng. scell, scyll, cf. Du. sceel, shell, Goth. skalja, See also:

• TILE (0. Eng. tigel, Fr. tuile, connected with Lat. tegula)

tile; the word means originally a thin flake,. cf. Swed. skalja, to See also:

• PEEL
• PEEL, ARTHUR WELLESLEY PEEL, 1ST VISCOUNT (1829- )
• PEEL, SIR ROBERT, BART

peel off; it is allied to " See also:

• SCALE
• SCALE (1) A

scale " and " skill," from a See also:

• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root meaning to cleave, See also:

• DIVIDE

divide, See also:

• SEPARATE

separate)  , the hard outside natural covering of anything, as of some fruits and seeds; more particularly, the See also:

• CONCH (Lat, concha, Gr. rdyxn)

conch (q.v.) or integument which acts as a See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence for the bodies of various animals (see See also:

• MOLLUSCA

MOLLUSCA, See also:

• GASTROPODA

GASTROPODA, See also:

• MALACOSTRACA

MALACOSTRACA, &c.), the test, crust or See also:

• CARAPACE (a Fr. word, from the Span. carapacho, a shield or armour)

carapace; also the See also:

• OUTER

outer covering of an See also:

• EGG (O.E. aeg, cf. Ger. Ei, Swed. aegg, and prob. Gr. u,ov, Lat. ovum)
• EGG, AUGUSTUS LEOPOLD (1816-1863)

egg . The word is also used of many See also:

• OBJECTS

objects resembling the natural See also:

• SHELL
• SHELL (O. Eng. scell, scyll, cf. Du. sceel, shell, Goth. skalja, tile; the word means originally a thin flake,. cf. Swed. skalja, to peel off; it is allied to " scale " and " skill," from a root meaning to cleave, divide, separate)

shell in use or shape, and especially of a hollow projectile filled with See also:

• EXPLOSIVES

explosives (see See also:

• AMMUNITION

AMMUNITION, § Shell, and See also:

• ORDNANCE (a syncopated form of " ordinance " or " ordonnance," so spelt in this sense since the 17th century)

ORDNANCE) . See also SHELL-HEAPS, SHELL-See also:

• MONEY

MONEY .