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v. t. To trim, as trees; to lop. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who lops; one who trims trees. [ Obs. ] Huloet. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. Shrink. ] To cause to shrink or shrivel with cold; to benumb. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

imp. of Shrink. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Cf. Scrap, and Scrape. ] A place baited with chaff to entice birds. [ Written also scrap. ] [ Obs. ] Bp. Bedell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Applied as an appellation to a kind of shell invented by Gen. H. Shrapnel of the British army. -- n. A shrapnel shell; shrapnel shells, collectively. [ 1913 Webster ]

Shrapnel shell (Gunnery), a projectile for a cannon, consisting of a shell filled with bullets and a small bursting charge to scatter them at any given point while in flight. See the Note under Case shot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. shrede, schrede, AS. screáde; akin to OD. schroode, G. schrot a piece cut off, Icel. skrjoðr a shred, and to E. shroud. Cf. Screed, Scroll, Scrutiny. ] 1. A long, narrow piece cut or torn off; a strip. “Shreds of tanned leather.” Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In general, a fragment; a piece; a particle. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Shred or Shredded p. pr. & vb. n. Shredding. ] [ OE. shreden, schreden, AS. screádian; akin to OD. schrooden, OHG. scr&unr_;tan, G. schroten. See Shred, n. ] 1. To cut or tear into small pieces, particularly narrow and long pieces, as of cloth or leather. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To lop; to prune; to trim. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]