n. [ Written also marshaller. ] One who marshals. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ AS. scealy, scalu. See Scalme, and cf. Shell. ]
Bituminous shale.
v. t. To take off the shell or coat of; to shell. [ 1913 Webster ]
Life, in its upper grades, was bursting its shell, or was shaling off its husk. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + shale. ] To strip the shale, or husk, from; to uncover. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
I will not unshale the jest before it be ripe. Marston. [ 1913 Webster ]