SHELL
NOUNS
1330 — SKELL a shell → N. Eng. dial. obs.
1596 — BUCKIE the whirled shell of any mollusc → Sc.
1795 — OSTRATION the state of abounding with shells (Bk.)
1825 — AIKIE GUINEAS the name given by children to small flat shells, bleached by the sea → Sc. obs.
1903 — MINISTERS small spiral shells found on the seashore → Sc. (Bk.)
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