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SHIRRING

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shirr

  [shur]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to draw up or gather (cloth or the like) on three or more parallel threads.
2. to bake (eggs removed from the shell) in a shallow dish or in individual dishes.
–noun
3. Also, shirring. a shirred arrangement, as of cloth.
Origin:
1840–50; orig. uncert.
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shirr   (shûr)   
tr.v.   shirred, shirr·ing, shirrs

  1. To gather (cloth) into decorative rows by parallel stitching.

  2. To cook (unshelled eggs) by baking until set.


[Origin unknown.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

shirr 
"to gather (cloth) on parallel threads," 1892, back-formation from shirred (1847), from shirr (n.) "elastic webbing," of unknown origin.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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