sheal

See shell

sheal (plural sheals)

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

See shieling

sheal (plural sheals)

1. A shieling

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈhal̪ˠ/, /ˈhalˠ/

sheal

1. Lenited form of seal.