date-shell — dateˈ shell noun The date shaped shell of Lithodomus, or the animal itself, of the mussel family, a borer in limestone rocks • • • Main Entry: ↑date … Useful english dictionary
date shell — noun see date mussel … Useful english dictionary
Date — Date, n.[F. datte, L. dactylus, fr. Gr. ?, prob. not the same word as da ktylos finger, but of Semitic origin.] (Bot.) The fruit of the date palm; also, the date palm itself. [1913 Webster] Note: This fruit is somewhat in the shape of an olive,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Date fish — Date Date, n.[F. datte, L. dactylus, fr. Gr. ?, prob. not the same word as da ktylos finger, but of Semitic origin.] (Bot.) The fruit of the date palm; also, the date palm itself. [1913 Webster] Note: This fruit is somewhat in the shape of an… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Date palm — Date Date, n.[F. datte, L. dactylus, fr. Gr. ?, prob. not the same word as da ktylos finger, but of Semitic origin.] (Bot.) The fruit of the date palm; also, the date palm itself. [1913 Webster] Note: This fruit is somewhat in the shape of an… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Date plum — Date Date, n.[F. datte, L. dactylus, fr. Gr. ?, prob. not the same word as da ktylos finger, but of Semitic origin.] (Bot.) The fruit of the date palm; also, the date palm itself. [1913 Webster] Note: This fruit is somewhat in the shape of an… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Date tree — Date Date, n.[F. datte, L. dactylus, fr. Gr. ?, prob. not the same word as da ktylos finger, but of Semitic origin.] (Bot.) The fruit of the date palm; also, the date palm itself. [1913 Webster] Note: This fruit is somewhat in the shape of an… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
date mussel — noun also date shell Etymology: date (I); from its shape and color : a rock boring bivalve mollusk of the genus Lithophaga * * * any brown, date sized marine mussel, genus Lithophaga, that bores into rock or coral … Useful english dictionary
Shell sort — is a sorting algorithm that is a generalization of insertion sort, with two observations: *insertion sort is efficient if the input is almost sorted , and *insertion sort is typically inefficient because it moves values just one position at a… … Wikipedia
Shell cordovan — (or cordovan) is a type of leather commonly used in shoemaking. Cordovan is an equine leather made from the fibrous flat muscle (or shell) beneath the hide on the rump of the horse. [cite book| last = Baldwin | first = William Henry | title = The … Wikipedia
