Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A snail-shell of the genus Ampullaria. Also called
idol-shell . See cut underAmpullariidæ .
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Examples
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Black she got so graspin 'and eager, that what does she do but try to help her young ones carry off the whole apple-shell.
Old Caravan Days Mary Hartwell Catherwood 1874
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"So what does they do but pen her and her young ones in the apple-shell and stop it up with mud.
Old Caravan Days Mary Hartwell Catherwood 1874
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