SHRANK
Shrank,
Defn: imp. of Shrink.
SHRAP; SHRAPE
Shrap, Shrape, n. Etym: [Cf. Scrap, and Scrape.]
Defn: A place baited with chaff to entice birds. [Written also scrap.] [Obs.] Bp. Bedell.
SHRAPNEL
Shrap"nel, a.
Defn: Applied as an appellation to a kind of shell invented by Gen. H. Shrapnel of the British army. — n.
Defn: A shrapnel shell; shrapnel shells, collectively. Shrapnel shell (Gunnery), a projectile for a cannon, consisting of a shell filled with bullets and a small bursting charge to scatter them at any given point while in flight. See the Note under Case shot.
SHRED
Shred, n. Etym: [OE. shrede, schrede, AS. screáde; akin to OD.
schroode, G. schrot a piece cut off, Icel. skrjothr a shred, and to
E. shroud. Cf. Screed, Scroll, Scrutiny.]
1. A long, narrow piece cut or torn off; a strip. "Shreds of tanned leather." Bacon.
2. In general, a fragment; a piece; a particle. Shak.