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SHEL'TER, n. [L. celo.]

1. That which covers or defends from injury or annoyance. A house is a shelter from rain and other inclemencies of the weather; the foliage of a tree is a shelter from the rays of the sun.

The healing plant shall aid,

From storms a shelter, and from heat a shade. Pope.

2. The state of being covered and protected; protection; security.

Who into shelter takes their tender bloom. Young.

3. He that defends or guards from danger.

SHEL'TER, v.t.

1. To cover from violence, injury, annoyance or attack; as a valley sheltered from the north wind by a mountain.

Those ruins shelter'd once his sacred head. Dryden.

We besought the deep shelter to us. Milton.

2. To defend; to protect from danger; to secure or render safe; to harbor.

What endless shall you gain,

to save and shelter Troy's unhappy train? Dryden.

3. To betake to cover or a safe place.

They sheltered themselves under a rock. Abbot.

4. To cover from notice; to disguise for protection.

In vain I strove to check my growing flame,

Or shelter passion under friendship's name. Prior.

SHEL'TER, v.i. To take shelter.

There the Indian herdsman shunning heat,

1913 Definition
Shelter (shelter)
n.(?)
Shel"ter
[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, ]
  1. That which covers or defends from injury or annoyance; a protection; a screen.

    The sick and weak the healing plant shall aid,
    From storms a shelter, and from heat a shade.     Pope.

  2. One who protects; a guardian; a defender.

    Thou [God] hast been a shelter for me. Ps. lxi. 3.

  3. The state of being covered and protected; protection; security.

    Who into shelter takes their tender bloom. Young.

    Shelter tent,a small tent made of pieces of cotton duck arranged to button together. In field service the soldiers carry the pieces.

    Syn. -- Asylum; refuge; retreat; covert; sanctuary; protection; defense; security.

  4. To be a shelter for] to provide with a shelter; to cover from injury or annoyance; to shield; to protect.

    Those ruins sheltered once his sacred head. Dryden.

    You have no convents . . . in which such persons may be received and sheltered. Southey.

  5. To screen or cover from notice; to disguise.

    In vain I strove to cheek my growing flame,
    Or shelter passion under friendship's name.     Prior.

  6. To betake to cover, or to a safe place; -- used reflexively.

    They sheltered themselves under a rock. Abp. Abbot.

  7. To take shelter.

    There oft the Indian herdsman, shunning heat,
    Shelters in cool.     Milton.

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