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Definition shale

Etymology

From Middle English schale (�shell, husk; scale�), from Old English s?ealu (�shell, husk, pod�), from Proto-Germanic *skal? (compare West Frisian skaal (�dish�), Dutch schaal (�shell�), schalie (�shale�), German Schale (�husk, pod�)), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (�to split, cut�) (compare Lithuanian skal� (�splinter�), Old Church Slavonic ????? (skala, �rock, stone�), Polish ska?a (�rock�), Albanian hal� (�fish bone, splinter�), Sanskrit ?? (kal�, �small part�)), from to split, cleave (compare Hittite [script needed] (i�kalla, �to tear apart, slit open�), Lithuanian sk�lti (�to split�), Ancient Greek ?????? (sk�ll?, �to hoe, harrow�)). Doublet of scale. See also shell.

Noun

shale (countable and uncountable, plural shales)

1. A shell or husk; a cod or pod.
2. (geology) A fine-grained sedimentary rock of a thin, laminated, and often friable, structure.

Verb

shale (third-person singular simple present shales, present participle shaling, simple past and past participle shaled)

1. To take off the shell or coat of.

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