SHELTER
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Shel"ter (?), n. [Cf. OE. scheltrun, shiltroun, schelltrome, scheldtrome, a guard, squadron, AS. scildtruma a troop of men with shields; scild shield + truma a band of men. See Shield, n.] 1. That which covers or defends from injury or annoyance; a protection; a screen.
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The sick and weak the healing plant shall aid,
From storms a shelter, and from heat a shade.
Pope.
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2. One who protects; a guardian; a defender.
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Thou [God] hast been a shelter for me.
Ps. lxi. 3.
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3. The state of being covered and protected; protection; security.
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Who into shelter takes their tender bloom.
Young.
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Shelter tent,a small tent made of pieces of cotton duck arranged to button together. In field service the soldiers carry the pieces.
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Syn. -- Asylum; refuge; retreat; covert; sanctuary; protection; defense; security.
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Shel"ter (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sheltered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Sheltering.] 1. To be a shelter for; to provide with a shelter; to cover from injury or annoyance; to shield; to protect.
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Those ruins sheltered once his sacred head.
Dryden.
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You have no convents . . . in which such persons may be received and sheltered.
Southey.
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2. To screen or cover from notice; to disguise.
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In vain I strove to cheek my growing flame,
Or shelter passion under friendship's name.
Prior.
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3. To betake to cover, or to a safe place; -- used reflexively.
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They sheltered themselves under a rock.
Abp. Abbot.
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Shel"ter, v. i. To take shelter.
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There oft the Indian herdsman, shunning heat,
Shelters in cool.
Milton.
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