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  • 101Out of heart — Heart Heart (h[aum]rt), n. [OE. harte, herte, heorte, AS. heorte; akin to OS. herta, OFies. hirte, D. hart, OHG. herza, G. herz, Icel. hjarta, Sw. hjerta, Goth. ha[ i]rt[=o], Lith. szirdis, Russ. serdtse, Ir. cridhe, L. cor, Gr. kardi a, kh^r.… …

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  • 102Shell Lake Township, Becker County, Minnesota — Infobox Settlement official name = Shell Lake Township, Minnesota settlement type = Township nickname = motto = imagesize = image caption = image |pushpin pushpin label position =left pushpin map caption =Location within the state of Minnesota… …

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  • 103Shell Rock Township, Freeborn County, Minnesota — Infobox Settlement official name = Shell Rock Township, Minnesota settlement type = Township nickname = motto = imagesize = image caption = image |pushpin pushpin label position =left pushpin map caption =Location within the state of Minnesota… …

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  • 104Shell (corporation) — A shell corporation is defined in Barron s Finance Investment Handbook as a company that is incorporated, but has no significant assets or operations. Shell corporations are not in themselves illegal and they may have legitimate business purposes …

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  • 105shell*/ — [ʃel] noun I 1) [C/U] the hard outer part that protects the body of a sea creature or other animal a crab/tortoise/snail shell[/ex] The kids were collecting shells on the beach.[/ex] 2) [C] a metal container filled with a substance that explodes… …

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  • 106Shell scrape — A Shell scrape is a type of military earthwork. While similar to a Defensive fighting position in that the purpose is to shield a single soldier from artillery, mortar and direct small arms fire, it is not intended to be used for fighting… …

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  • 107shell — ʃel n. hard outer covering of certain organisms; hard outer covering; hollow tube containing explosives; reserved attitude which conceals one s inner self; software which provides a convenient user interface for the operating system (Computers)… …

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  • 108shell — I. n. 1. Case, outer covering. 2. Bomb. 3. Framework. 4. Lyre, stringed instrument. II. v. a. 1. Take out of the shell, strip the shell from, hull. 2. Bombard. III …

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  • 109shell company — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms shell company : singular shell company plural shell companies business a company that does not own anything or do any work as an independent company, but is used by its owners to carry out particular business… …

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  • 110shell, come out of one's - — It s hard for a depressed turtle to get out of his shell …

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