0 past simple and past participle of shell
1 to remove peas, nuts, etc. from their shells or their natural covering
2 to fire shells at something:
For shelling percentage, 200 g of groundnut pods, and 10 maize ears, randomly sampled, were shelled per treatment plot.
These words may either be adjectives ("threshed/shelled," "sloshed/ shaken") or verbs ("threshing/shelling," "sloshing/shaking").
Five kilograms of cobs from each plot were dried, shelled and the g rain yield deter mined after adjustment to 13% water content.
The selfpollinated ears were harvested and shelled and a representative sample of grain from each plot was saved.
Mechanical presses to make oil from the shelled seeds exist locally, but machines to remove the shells do not.
There were some shelled eggs in a plastic container at the premises but the brand could not be identified.
Pods were air-dried for one week, then shelled and the dry weight of seed and shell recorded separately after oven-drying.
Mature females were recorded based on the presence of immature and shelled acanthors.
