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Shroud \Shroud\ (shroud), n. [OE. shroud, shrud, schrud, AS.
scr[=u]d a garment, clothing; akin to Icel. skru[eth] the
shrouds of a ship, furniture of a church, a kind of stuff,
Sw. skrud dress, attire, and E. shred. See {Shred}, and cf.
{Shrood}.]
1. That which clothes, covers, conceals, or protects; a
garment. --Piers Plowman.

Swaddled, as new born, in sable shrouds. --Sandys.

2. Especially, the dress for the dead; a winding sheet. ``A
dead man in his shroud.'' --Shak.

3. That which covers or shelters like a shroud.

Jura answers through her misty shroud. --Byron.

4. A covered place used as a retreat or shelter, as a cave or
den; also, a vault or crypt. [Obs.]

The shroud to which he won
His fair-eyed oxen. --Chapman.

A vault, or shroud, as under a church. --Withals.

5. The branching top of a tree; foliage. [R.]

The Assyrian wad a cedar in Lebanon, with fair
branches and with a shadowing shroad. --Ezek. xxxi.
3.

6. pl. (Naut.) A set of ropes serving as stays to support the
masts. The lower shrouds are secured to the sides of
vessels by heavy iron bolts and are passed around the head
of the lower masts.

7. (Mach.) One of the two annular plates at the periphery of
a water wheel, which form the sides of the buckets; a
shroud plate.

{Bowsprit shrouds} (Naut.), ropes extending from the head of
the bowsprit to the sides of the vessel.

{Futtock shrouds} (Naut.), iron rods connecting the topmast
rigging with the lower rigging, passing over the edge of
the top.

{Shroud plate}.
(a) (Naut.) An iron plate extending from the dead-eyes to
the ship's side. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
(b) (Mach.) A shroud. See def. 7, above.

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.

The ancient Egyptian mummies were shrouded in a
number of folds of linen besmeared with gums.
--Bacon.

2. To cover, as with a shroud; to protect completely; to
cover so as to conceal; to hide; to veil.

One of these trees, with all his young ones, may
shroud four hundred horsemen. --Sir W.
Raleigh.

Some tempest rise,
And blow out all the stars that light the skies,
To shroud my shame. --Dryden.

Shroud \Shroud\, v. i.
To take shelter or harbor. [Obs.]

If your stray attendance be yet lodged,
Or shroud within these limits. --Milton.

Shroud \Shroud\, v. t.
To lop. See {Shrood}. [Prov. Eng.]

Shrood \Shrood\, v. t. [Cf. {Shroud}.] [Written also {shroud},
and {shrowd}.]
To trim; to lop. [Prov. Eng.]

The first mention of the possible existence of Christ's shroud came from French crusader Robert of Clari, who wrote that he saw it in 1203 in the imperial palace in Constantinople.
The official church position has been that the shroud was a "cherished object" that must be given the respect due a relic.
In a book, "Verdict on the Shroud," they said the "converging evidence is not proof, but it does show that the literal, physical resurrection of Jesus is the best explanation" for peculiarities of the shroud.
The company said in a news release that some fans on the cars equipped with 2.3-liter engines may rub against the fan shroud and overheat.
"We are certainly disappointed in knowing that the shroud has a medieval date, but this is because it is a cherished object.
But he and Gonella said the image on the shroud has great symbolic importance.
It was the first time the shroud had been exhibited in 45 years.
For months, news reports in Britain and the United States have said carbon-14 tests conducted by three laboratories determined the shroud was made in the 14th century.
The result: the image on the shroud is similar to a photographic negative, so the negative on Pia's photographic plate gives the world its first positive image of the man on the shroud.
The result: the image on the shroud is similar to a photographic negative, so the negative on Pia's photographic plate gives the world its first positive image of the man on the shroud.
Gonella bristled last month at news reports that a medieval date for the shroud meant it was a fake or a fraud.
It drew little attention until scientific investigations of it began about the turn of the century, starting with 1898 photographs revealing the image on the shroud had characteristics of a photographic negative.
One of the lasting mysteries is how the shroud was made.
Cardinal Anastasio Ballestrero, archbishop of Turin and custodian of the shroud, said in 1988 that carbon-14 tests by U.S., Swiss and British laboratories showed the cloth dated to between 1260 and 1390.
However, Japanese leaders should not actively support revisionism, which serves to shroud the realities of history and cultivates further anti-Japanese sentiment in the U.S. and throughout the world.
The shroud has occupied public attention so much it was even the subject of a 1986 Broadway musical.
The Roman Catholic Church does not claim the shroud as a holy relic but has treated it with respect because of the possibility it could have been Christ's burial cloth, Gonella said.
I sat in a traffic jam while a funeral procession crossed the road, not to bury someone but to raise him, turn his bones, give him a clean shroud, show him what's new in town and put him back in the ground.
He headed one of three laboratories that said the shroud was made about 700 years ago, 13 centuries after the death of Christ.
They said they would make no effort to determine which sample came from the shroud.
The shroud measures 14 feet, 3 inches long and 3 feet, 7 inches wide.
The Pentagon canceled the unveiling of its Stealth fighter at the last minute, forcing its spokesman to attempt to reimpose an official shroud of secrecy over the radar-evading plane.
The B-2 has been under development for more than a decade under a shroud of secrecy with Northrop Corp. as the prime contractor. Thursday's statement was only the second time the Air Force has disclosed information about the plane.
The London Evening Standard reported without attribution Friday that radio-carbon dating tests conducted by scientists at Oxford University showed the shroud was made about 1350.
Historical records have authoritatively traced the shroud to 1354.
Hall condemned as "mere guesswork" a statement by Luckett that tests at Oxford showed the shroud was made in 1350, the newspaper said.
The image on the shroud is similar to a photographic negative, so the negative on Pia's photographic plate gave the world its first positive image of the man on the shroud.
The image on the shroud is similar to a photographic negative, so the negative on Pia's photographic plate gave the world its first positive image of the man on the shroud.
"If one goes into Arabia, he should carry his shroud under his arm," said one.
Scientists study the shroud but say its authenticity will remain unproven until the Vatican grants approval for scientific dating tests.

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