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  • 21Shell Service Station (Winston-Salem) — Infobox nrhp | name = Shell Service Station caption = This Shell Service Station is the only one to survive today from a total of eight built in the Winston Salem area locator x = locator y = location = Winston Salem, Forsyth County, North… …

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  • 22shell — {{11}}shell (n.) O.E. sciell, scill, Anglian scell seashell, eggshell, related to O.E. scealu shell, husk, from P.Gmc. *skaljo divide, separate (Cf. W.Fris. skyl peel, rind, M.L.G. schelle pod, rind, egg shell, Goth. skalja tile ), with the… …

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  • 23Shell Shocker — infobox Book | | name = Shell Shocker author = R.L. Stine country = United States language = English series = Goosebumps classification = Short story genre = Horror fiction, Children s literature publisher = Scholastic Corporation release date =… …

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  • 24Shell Houston Open — Houston Open redirects here. For the darts tournament, see Houston Open (darts). Shell Houston Open Tournament information Location Humble, Texas Established 1946 (1922) …

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  • 25shell — [[t]ʃɛl[/t]] n. 1) zool. a hard outer covering of an animal, as of a clam, snail, lobster, or turtle 2) zool. the material constituting any of various coverings of this kind 3) zool. the hard exterior of an egg 4) bot the usu. hard outer covering …

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  • 26shell — [OE] Shell goes back ultimately to the Germanic base *skal ‘divide, separate’, which also produced English scale, scalp, school (of fish), shale, shelter, shield, shoal (of fish), skill, and skol. Its underlying meaning is hence a ‘covering that… …

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  • 27shell — [OE] Shell goes back ultimately to the Germanic base *skal ‘divide, separate’, which also produced English scale, scalp, school (of fish), shale, shelter, shield, shoal (of fish), skill, and skol. Its underlying meaning is hence a ‘covering that… …

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  • 28Shell Grotto, Margate — The Shell Grotto off Grotto Hill, Margate, consists of a winding subterranean passageway, about convert|8|ft|m|abbr=on high and convert|70|ft|m|abbr=on in length, terminating in a rectangular room (the altar chamber) approximately… …

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  • 29Shell House massacre — On March 28 1994, African National Congress (ANC) security guards at Shell House killed nineteen Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) members following a tip off that IFP marchers were planning to attack the building. The Nugent Commission of Inquiry on… …

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  • 30Shell 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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