shell pump

A sand-pump (q. v.). shell-road, subst . A road, the upper stratum of which is composed of a layer of broken shells. shell-sand, 8. Sand consisting mainly of comminuted shells. shell-work, subst. Work composed of or ornamented with shells. shell, v. t. & i. [SHELL, 8. ] A. Transitive : 1. To strip or break off the shell of; to take out of the shell; as, to shell nuts. 2. To separate from the shell; as, to shell maize. 3. To throw or hurl bomb-shells into, upon, or among; as, to shell a town. *B. Intransitive : most of the confirmed tramps and vagabonds in Great Britain. ( Academy, Nov. 20, 1886, p. 347.)