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shale(1) (iou)



shale noun1 & verb. Long obsolete exc. dial.

A. noun.
A dish; a cup, a goblet. OE-ME.
A weighing-scale. Only in OE.
A shell, a husk; the pod of peas or beans, etc. OE-L18.
A scale (of a fish, of metal, of a scaly disease, etc.). LME.
A mesh of a net. E17.
(A mass of) loose rock or soil in a mine or quarry. dial. L18.
b. verb.
verb trans. Free from the shell or husk; remove, take off (the shell or husk) from a nut, bean, fruit, etc. LME.
verb intrans. Of grain, seed, etc.: drop out. M17.