- 1. n. A shell or husk; a cod or pod. Source: opted
- 2. n. A fine-grained sedimentary rock of a thin, laminated, and often friable, structure. Source: opted
- 3. v. t. To take off the shell or coat of; to shell. Source: opted
- 4. n. a sedimentary rock formed by the deposition of successive layers of clay Source: wordnet
- 5. A fine-grained sedimentary rock of a thin, laminated, and oftenfriable, structure. Bituminous shale. See under Bituminous. Source: adambom
- 6. n:100 n. a sedimentary rock formed by the deposition of successive layers of clay Source: ecdict
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