star shelln.

Brit.

/ˈstɑː ʃɛl/, U.S.

/ˈstɑr ˌʃɛl/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: star n.¹, shell n.

Etymology: < star n.¹ + shell n.

1. Military. A shell filled or impregnated with combustible material which emits a bright light as the shell bursts, used for illuminating a battlefield or for communications; also as a mass noun. Now historical.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > bullet or shell > shell > other types of shell

carcass1684

light ball1729

anchor ball1779

shrapnel1810

hollow shot1862

segment-shell1862

blind-shell1864

ring-shot1868

star shell1876

ring-shell1879

pipsqueak1900

Black Maria1914

coal box1914

crump1914

Jack Johnson1914

Archie1915

Little Willie1915

whizz-bang1915

woolly bear1915

fizzbang1916

five-ninea1918

ashcan1918

cream puff1918

sea-bag1918

pudding1919

G.I. can1929

flechette1961

1876 G. Will & J. C. Dalton Artillerist's Hand-bk. Ref. 224 The star shell... The interior is filled with 13 stars. The stars are paper cylinders filled with a composition which burns about 18 seconds and gives a brilliant light.

1899 Daily News 1 Dec. 3/4 There is also on board a large quantity of star shell.

1929 A. W. Wheen tr. E. M. Remarque All Quiet on W. Front vi. 119 It touches me before it dissolves in the light of the next star-shell.

2014 Australian (Nexis) 15 Nov. 21 One of the mortars landed in a dugout and ignited a stack of star shells.

2. Any of various marine gastropod molluscs of the genus Astraea (family Turbinidae), having a conical shell with radial spines; also the shell itself.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > superorder Branchifera > order Prosobranchiata > section Holostomata > family Turbinidae > member of

turbo1661

wreath1777

wreath shell1799

star shell1936

1936 B. Aldrich & E. Snyder Florida Sea Shells iv. 59 (heading) Star Shell (Astraea longispina spinulosa).

1970 J. R. Penniket N.Z. Seashells in Colour 20 Star Shell (Astraea heliotropium) 3in. Often known as the Circular saw shell.

2013 V. F. Elbert Shell Craft 196 Tiny varieties of patterned shells such as Zebra Nerite (Puperita pupa).., Long-spined Star Shell (Astraea phoebia), Dove Shells (Anachis).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	star shell
释义	star shelln. Brit. /ˈstɑː ʃɛl/, U.S. /ˈstɑr ˌʃɛl/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: star n.¹, shell n. Etymology: < star n.¹ + shell n. 1. Military. A shell filled or impregnated with combustible material which emits a bright light as the shell bursts, used for illuminating a battlefield or for communications; also as a mass noun. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > bullet or shell > shell > other types of shell carcass1684 light ball1729 anchor ball1779 shrapnel1810 hollow shot1862 segment-shell1862 blind-shell1864 ring-shot1868 star shell1876 ring-shell1879 pipsqueak1900 Black Maria1914 coal box1914 crump1914 Jack Johnson1914 Archie1915 Little Willie1915 whizz-bang1915 woolly bear1915 fizzbang1916 five-ninea1918 ashcan1918 cream puff1918 sea-bag1918 pudding1919 G.I. can1929 flechette1961 1876 G. Will & J. C. Dalton Artillerist's Hand-bk. Ref. 224 The star shell... The interior is filled with 13 stars. The stars are paper cylinders filled with a composition which burns about 18 seconds and gives a brilliant light. 1899 Daily News 1 Dec. 3/4 There is also on board a large quantity of star shell. 1929 A. W. Wheen tr. E. M. Remarque All Quiet on W. Front vi. 119 It touches me before it dissolves in the light of the next star-shell. 2014 Australian (Nexis) 15 Nov. 21 One of the mortars landed in a dugout and ignited a stack of star shells. 2. Any of various marine gastropod molluscs of the genus Astraea (family Turbinidae), having a conical shell with radial spines; also the shell itself. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > superorder Branchifera > order Prosobranchiata > section Holostomata > family Turbinidae > member of turbo1661 wreath1777 wreath shell1799 star shell1936 1936 B. Aldrich & E. Snyder Florida Sea Shells iv. 59 (heading) Star Shell (Astraea longispina spinulosa). 1970 J. R. Penniket N.Z. Seashells in Colour 20 Star Shell (Astraea heliotropium) 3in. Often known as the Circular saw shell. 2013 V. F. Elbert Shell Craft 196 Tiny varieties of patterned shells such as Zebra Nerite (Puperita pupa).., Long-spined Star Shell (Astraea phoebia), Dove Shells (Anachis). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1876
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