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together, into which they are pinnedwith wooden pins.
SHALLIE, Ind. the same as batty,which signifies rice in the husk.
SHAMROCK, the Irish word forthree-leafed grass. It is worn by theIrish in their hats on St. Patrick’s day;as the leek is by the Welch on St. Da-vid's, and the thistle by the Scotch onSt Andrew’s.
SHANK, the long part of any in-strument.
SHAROCK, Ltd. a silver coin,-equalin value to about one shilling.
SHAUMIAlUS, Ind. a canopy ofcotton cloth.
SHAW, Ind. a king.
SHAWZADA, Ind. the king’s son,SHEED, Ind. a witness.
SHEICK, a chief of a tribe amongthe Arabs . Mr. Morier, in his accountof a campaign with the Ottoman army,relates, that in 1800, a fanatic sheick,who pretended to be inspired, headedthe Fellahs, (the lowest class of inha-bitants are so called among the Arabs )of the district of Demenhor, andcaused a detachment of 80 Frenchmento be put to death in the night; thiswas effected by first securing the sen-tinel.
SHELL of a sword, (plaque d'ipce,Fr.) a particular part of a sword, whichserves as a shield to the hand when itgrasps the hilt. The regulation sword,which is directed to be worn in a crossbelt, has its shell so constructed thatone side can fall down, by which meansthe hilt hangs more conveniently.
A Spring-SnEiA of a Sword, "(plaqueh ‘pee a ressort, Fr.) a shell, which, bymeans of a spring, can lie flat againstthe hip. when the sword is worn in a
cross-belt.
Shell, a short jacket without arms,which was worn by light dragoons, andin some instances by the infantry, be-ore the new regulations took place,respecting the clothing of the British"my. At the commencement of the"e war, some militia colonels derived1° inconsiderable emolument from thismode of dress.
Shells,
in gunnery, are hollow iron
Halls to throw out of mortars or howit-zers, with a fee-hole of about an inchdiameter, to load them with powder,nud to receive the fuze: the bottom, or
part opposite the fuze, is made heavierthan the rest, that the fuze may fall up-permost ; but in small elevations this isnot always the case, nor is it necessary;for, let it fall as it will, the fuze setsfire to the powder within, which burststhe shell, and causes great devastation.The shells had much better be made ofan equal thickness, for then they burstinto more pieces.
Message- Shells, are nothing morethan howitzer shells, in the inside ofwhich a letter, or other papers, are put;the fuze-hole is stopt up with wood orcork, and the shells are fired out of aroyal or howitzer, ei ther in to a garrison orcamp. It is supposed that the personto whom the letter is sent, knows thetime, and accordingly appoints a guardto look out for its arrival.
To find the weight of a Shfxl. Rule.Double the difference of diameters ofthe shell and hollow sphere, and 7 timesthe result gives the weight in pounds,cutting off the two right hand figures ofwhole numbers.
Example. Let the diameter of the shellbe 13 inches, and that of the hollowsphere 9.5. Then the cube of 13 is 2197,and that of 9. 5, is 857.357; the differ-ence is 1339.625, its double is 2679.25,which multiplied by 7, gives 18754.625;and cutting off two places in wholenumbers, the result is 187 lb. or 1 cwt.2 qrs. 21 lb. the weight of the shell.
SHERISCUER WAR, Ind. A wordwhich corresponds with Saturday.
SHERISTA, Ind. An officer; aregistry.
To SHIFT, in a military sense, tochange place or station. Hence, toshift quarters. In the exercise, &c. ofa battalion', officers commanding di-visions are, upon particular occasions,such as marching past, &c. to shiftfrom the right to the left, to conductthe heads of files, or the pivot flanks,in column or echelon. Whenever offi-cers shift, they must pass briskly by therear, and never along the front of thedivision. The covering serjeants alwaysmove with them.
The SHILLINGS, a phrase in. fa-miliar use among army brokers, to ex-press a certain profit or per centagewhich they gain in the sale, purchase,and exchange of commissions. The re-gulated price of a company in any re-5 N giraent