Associations to the word «Shirr»
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Wiktionary
SHIRR, verb. (US) (sewing) To make gathers in textiles by drawing together parallel threads.
SHIRR, verb. (US) (transitive) To bake (a raw egg removed from its shell) in a baking dish.
SHIRR, noun. (sewing) A shirring.
Dictionary definition
SHIRR, verb. Bake (eggs) in their shells until they are set; "shirr the eggs".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.