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单词 shelling
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shellingn.

/ˈʃɛlɪŋ/
Etymology: < shell v. + -ing suffix1.
1. The action of shell v.; removal of the shell of peas, nuts, etc. Cf. sheeling n. 1.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > preparing fruit and vegetables > [noun] > shelling nuts or peas
shaling1611
shelling1725
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > [noun] > stripping or uncovering so as to leave bare > of skin, bark, husk, etc. > of husk or shell
sheelingc1440
shaling1611
unhusking1706
shelling1725
1725 P. Blair Pharmaco-botanologia iii. 129 The Pains of husking or shelling of it [sc. Naked Oats] (as 'tis usually call'd) in a Water Mill.
1892 Athenæum 12 Mar. 338/2 A clandestine shelling of peas.
2. concrete. Cf. sheeling n. 2.
a. Husks or chaff.
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the world > food and drink > food > corn, cereals, or grain > [noun] > chaff or husks of grain
grita700
chaffc1000
crapa1425
coralc1440
pug?1440
shelling1598
shood1601
ray1656
scufting1688
rubble1767
cosh1787
sheeling-seeds1802
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Mondiglia, cleansings, purifyings, sweepings, parings, shellings.
1629 Orkney Witch Trial in County Folk-lore (1903) 3 78 Thair was sevin thrave and ane halff quhairoff he got nothing bot shellings.
1725 P. Blair Pharmaco-botanologia iii. 131 They winnow or fan off the Husk [of oats], call'd in some Places the Shellings.
1812 Chron. in Ann. Reg. 151 A quantity of wet shellings of oats had been put on the fire.
?1830 P. Sellar Kyle in Ayrshire 43, in Farm-rep. No oats are sold; they are converted into meal for the sake of getting the dust and shelling.
1851 J. F. W. Johnston Notes N. Amer. II. 128 The shellings or outer husk of this grain are sent down the stream by the millers.
b. Grain, etc. from which the husk has been removed.
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the world > food and drink > food > corn, cereals, or grain > [noun] > grain separated from chaff
wheatc825
threshinga1382
sheeling?a1513
shelling1705
sheeling-seeds1802
thrashing1898
1705 in Agnew Hered. Sheriffs Galloway (1893) II. xi. 207 That they shell their oats sufficientlie for the first time, and winnow the shelling.
1763 Chron. in Ann. Reg. 107 Kemp..brought a peck of shelling to the mill to have it ground.
1815 Pocklington Canal Act 52 Flour, shelling, and pearl barley.
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Shelling, a commercial name for groats, the grain of oats when the shudes are removed.
3.
a. Manuring with shells.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > fertilizing or manuring > [noun] > use of other natural fertilizers
marlingc1450
liming1620
chalking1626
sanding1670
shelling1780
straw-burning1799
ashing1842
vermiculture1976
1780 A. Young Tour Ireland (Dublin ed.) I. 122 Parts by shelling advanced, from 5s. to 25s. an acre.
b. (See quot. 1796.)
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > snow > [noun] > a covering of snow > frozen on wool of sheep
shelling1796
1796 Ann. Agric. 27 189 The snow lodging among the tops of the wool, and freezing like an incrustation around [the sheep is called] shelling.
c. (See quot. 1881.)
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > fish-keeping, farming, or breeding > [noun] > breeding oysters > culching oyster-bed
shelling1881
culching1894
1881 E. Ingersoll Oyster-industry (10th Census U.S.: Bureau of Fisheries) 248 Shelling, the spreading of shells upon the bottom to catch spawn.
4. The firing of shells, bombardment with shells.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > management of artillery > [noun] > bombardment
battery1548
cannonade1562
cannonading1637
bombarding1687
bomb battery1695
bombardment1702
cannon fire1725
bombard1807
shelling1860
hate1915
barrage1916
box barrage1916
creeping barrage1916
area bombardment1918
area shoot1919
shoot1941
stonk1944
1860 W. H. Russell My Diary in India 1858–9 II. 288 We should knock down a few of these fellows' forts, and give them a good shelling.
1870 Daily News 29 Aug. 5 After some two hours' shelling the French fire grew slacker.
5. The collecting of seashells.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > hobby > collecting other articles > [noun]
shelling1861
bugging1862
oology1869
bibliophily1877
antiquing1916
cartophily1936
deltiology1947
phillumeny1951
tegestology1960
notaphily1970
scripophily1978
1861 C. P. Hodgson Resid. Japan 35 Captain Page..lent me his gig and crew of seven men for a day's shelling.
1876 Moresby (title) New Guinea and Polynesia. Discoveries..in New Guinea,..a Cruise in Polynesia and Visits to the Pearl-Shelling Stations in Torres Straits.
6. (See quot. 1897.)
ΚΠ
1897 Earl of Suffolk et al. Encycl. Sport I. 341/2 Kicking, the old term for the custom of guards to ask travellers for a tip or special fee. Also called Shelling.

Compounds

Generalattributive.
C1. (= for use in shelling grain).
shelling machine n.
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1803 M. Cutler Jrnl. 22 Oct. in W. P. Cutler & J. P. Cutler Life, Jrnls. & Corr. M. Cutler (1888) II. 137 Patent for shelling machine.
shelling mill n.
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1808 C. Vancouver Gen. View Agric. Devon vii. 179 There being few shelling-mills, and little or no oatmeal manufactured in the country.
C2. (= pertaining to shell-collecting).
shelling craft n.
ΚΠ
1887 H. W. Daly Digging, Squatting, & Pioneering Life S. Austral. 349 Some of the shelling craft were raising as much as a ton a month.
shelling ground n.
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1896 Strand Mag. 12 356/2 Shelling ground is usually of coral structure.
shelling industry n.
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1889 H. H. Romilly Verandah in New Guinea x. 225 The shelling industry has very considerably increased.
C3. (= consisting of shelled grain. Cf. sheeling n.).
shelling beans n.
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1795 J. Phillips Gen. Hist. Inland Navigation (rev. ed.) Addenda 47 Wheat, rye, shelling beans, pease.
shelling seeds n.
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1842 J. Aiton Domest. Econ. (1857) 241 Cover all with six or eight inches of the shelling-seeds.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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