Associations to the word «Shirr»

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.
William Butler Yeats