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Meaning of shelling of newcastle

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shelling

Pronunciation:/ˈʃɛlɪŋ/

verb

Definitions

  1. To remove the outer covering or shell of something.

  2. To bombard, to fire projectiles at, especially with artillery.

  3. To disburse or give up money, to pay. (Often used with out).

  4. To fall off, as a shell, crust, etc.

noun

Definitions

  1. An artillery bombardment.

  2. The removal of the shell from a nut, pea etc.

  3. Grain from which the husk has been removed.

  4. An ordering of the facets of a boundary complex such that the intersection of each facet (other than the first) with the union of all preceding facets is homeomorphic to a ball or sphere. See Shelling (topology)