sheal

English

Etymology 1

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

Noun

sheal (plural sheals)

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

Etymology 2

See shieling

Noun

sheal (plural sheals)

1. A shieling

Verb

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

1. 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.

2. To shelter under a shieling

Anagrams

• helas, leash, hales, Selah, heals, Sahel, Saleh, shale, selah, Heals, Halse, halse, Hales, Shalë

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhal̪ˠ/, /ˈhalˠ/

Noun

sheal

1. lenited form of seal