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1. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Shroud \Shroud\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shrouded; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Shrouding.] [Cf. AS. scr?dan. See Shroud, n.]
   1. To cover with a shroud; especially, to inclose in a
      winding sheet; to dress for the grave.
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            The ancient Egyptian mummies were shrouded in a
            number of folds of linen besmeared with gums.
                                                  --Bacon.
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   2. To cover, as with a shroud; to protect completely; to
      cover so as to conceal; to hide; to veil.
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            One of these trees, with all his young ones, may
            shroud four hundred horsemen.         --Sir W.
                                                  Raleigh.
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            Some tempest rise,
            And blow out all the stars that light the skies,
            To shroud my shame.                   --Dryden.
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Shrouded \Shroud"ed\, a.
   Provided with a shroud or shrouds.
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   Shrouded gear (Mach.), a cogwheel or pinion having flanges
      which form closed ends to the spaces between the teeth and
      thus strengthen the teeth by tying them together.
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Thesaurus Results for Shrouded:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
armored, buried, cased, ceiled, cloaked, clouded, coated, concealed, coped, covered, covert, cowled, curtained, eclipsed, encapsulated, encapsuled, encased, enveloped, enwrapped, filmed, floored, guarded, hidden, hooded, housed, loricate, loricated, mantled, masked, muffled, obscured, occulted, packaged, paved, privy, roofed-in, screened, scummed, sheathed, shelled, shielded, swathed, tented, under cover, veiled, walled, walled-in, wrapped
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