shelling

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Synonyms: swelling, shelving, shilling, selling, spelling, smelling, schelling, shealing, helling, sheeling, sheiling

Antonyms: swelling, shelving, shilling, selling, spelling, smelling, schelling, shealing, helling, sheeling, sheiling

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Verb

1. {{infl of|en|shell||ing-form}}

Noun

1. An [[artillery]] [[bombardment]].
2. The [[removal]] of the [[shell]] from a nut, pea etc.
3. {{lb|en|uncountable}} [[grain|Grain]] from which the [[husk]] has been removed.
4. {{lb|en|topology}} An ordering of the [[facet]]s of a boundary complex such that the [[intersection]] of each facet (other than the first) with the [[union]] of all preceding facets is [[homeomorphic]] to a ball or sphere. See {{w|Shelling (topology)}}
5. [[shallow|Shallow]], [[irregular]] [[crack]]s that appear on the surface of a [[coating]] such as plaster or mortar.

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