shale

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. 1. A shell or husk; a cod or pod. "The green shales of a bean." Chapman. 2. Etym: [G. shale.] (Geol.) A fine-grained sedimentary rock of a thin, laminated, and often friable, structure. Bituminous shale. See under Bituminous. To take off the shell or coat of; to shell. Life, in its upper grades, was bursting its shell, or was shaling off its husk. I. Taylor. Source: webster

6. A fine-grained sedimentary rock of a thin, laminated, and oftenfriable, structure. Bituminous shale. See under Bituminous. Source: adambom

7. n:100 n. a sedimentary rock formed by the deposition of successive layers of clay Source: ecdict

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