(a) In general, the protective calcareous or chitinous outer covering of an invertebrate, a shell; (b) the shell of a mollusk, crustacean, or an echinoderm; also fig.; also in proverb; (c) shel fish [……

A group of sheaves of grain placed on end and leaning against one another in order to dry, a shock, stook; (b) fig. …

(a) The captain or master of a ship; (b) as surname [some quots. may belong to skipper(e n.(2)(c)]. …

(a) To fall, fall down, fall to the ground; also, fall in battle, die; throw oneself down [quot. a1450]; also [quot. a1425], be brought down from a great height;—used fig.; of a building: collapse……