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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Shrouding  \Shroud"ing\,  n. 
  The  shrouds.  See  {Shroud},  n.,  7. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  shrouding 
  adj  :  concealing  by  enclosing  or  wrapping  as  if  in  something  that 
  is  not  solid;  "the  enveloping  darkness";  "hills 
  concealed  by  shrouding  mists"  [syn:  {enveloping(a)},  {shrouding(a)}] 




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