† shaledadj.
Obsolete.
1.
a. Encased as in a shell.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > [adjective] > wrapped > encased > as in a shell
shaled?a1400
?a1400 Morte Arth. 766 His [sc. a dragon's] scoulders ware schalyde alle in clene syluere, Schreede ouer alle the schrympe with schrinkande poyntez.
b. Consisting of a shell.
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > fruit or reproductive product > nut > [adjective] > of or relating to a shell
shaled1567
putaminous1598
shelly1778
1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 77 Plinie vsed this Latine worde Cancer, for a generall or common name for all such as haue, & weare shaled garments.
c. Having a ‘shale’, shell, or pod.
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > seed > seed-vessel or pericarp > [adjective] > of pod or husk > having pod or pods
codded1440
shaledc1575
coddy1601
swaddy1611
swabby1659
siliquous1668
podded1682
multisiliquous1690
siliquiferous1693
siliquose1693
hully1727
bisiliquous1731
siliculose1731
snail-seeded1858
c1575 G. Ducket in R. Eden Martyr's Decades (1577) f. 324v Hasell Nuttes,..as good and thyn shaled as are our Fylberdes.
1622 Comenius' Janua Ling. Triling. 19 The fruits of the earth bring grains; those which are eared in ears,..those which are shal'd in shales [siliquatæ in siliquis].
2. schalyd hed n. apparently = scald head n. 2.
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1400–50 Stockh. Med. MS. 100 To holen a schalyd hed.
3. Peeled or stript of shell, shelled.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > preparing fruit and vegetables > [adjective] > having shell or pod removed
shaled1598
shelled1676
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Snocciolato, crackt nuts, shaled nuts.
1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 110 Tosted and shaled Barly.
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