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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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The ancient Egyptian mummies were shrouded in a
number of folds of linen besmeared with gums.
--Bacon.
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2. To cover, as with a shroud; to protect completely; to
cover so as to conceal; to hide; to veil.
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One of these trees, with all his young ones, may
shroud four hundred horsemen. --Sir W.
Raleigh.
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Some tempest rise,
And blow out all the stars that light the skies,
To shroud my shame. --Dryden.
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