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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Shrouding \Shroud"ing\, n. The shrouds. See {Shroud}, n., 7. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Shroud \Shroud\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shrouded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shrouding}.] [Cf. AS. scr[?]dan. See {Shroud}, n.] 1. To cover with a shroud; especially, to inclose in a winding sheet; to dress for the grave. The ancient Egyptian mummies were shrouded in a number of folds of linen besmeared with gums. --Bacon. 2. To cover, as with a shroud; to protect completely; to cover so as to conceal; to hide; to veil. One of these trees, with all his young ones, may shroud four hundred horsemen. --Sir W. Raleigh. Some tempest rise, And blow out all the stars that light the skies, To shroud my shame. --Dryden. | |
