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shell (v.)
1560s, "to remove (a nut, etc.) from a shell," from
shell
(n.). The meaning "to bombard with shells" is first attested 1856. To
shell out
"disburse" (1801) is a figurative use from the image of extracting nuts. Related:
Shelled
;
shelling
.