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† ˈshellpad Obs.
Also 6 schell-, 6–7 shel-, 8 shellpot.
[f. shell n. + pad n.1 after (M)LG. schildpadde, MDu. schiltpadde (Du. schildpad), lit. ‘shield-toad’.]
A tortoise.
1562Withals Dict. 9 b/1 A tortes or shell padde, testudo. 1570Levins Manip. 8/8 A shelpad, testudo. 1790Massachusetts Spy 24 June (Thornton Amer. Gloss.), A small turtle..known [in Virginia] by the name of shellpot.
Hence † shell-paddock Sc.
1565Reg. Privy Council Scot. I. 413 Ane penny..havand on the one syde ane palmetre crownit, ane schell padocke crepand up the schank of the samyn. c1600in Watson Coll. Sc. Poems (1709) ii. 54 Shell-padock, ill shapen Shit, Kid-bearded jennet, all alike grit. 1673Wedderburn Vocab. 15 (Jam.) Testudo, a shel-paddock. |