Alternative spelling of Sheela

(informal, transitive, intransitive) To pay money, to disburse; especially, to pay a great deal of money.

(obsolete) A game played on a billiard table, a variation of pool.

A shepherd moon.

A small moon that orbits near the outer edges of a planetary ring or within gaps in the ring. The edge of the ring remains sharply defined owing to the gravity of shepherd moons.

(informal, US, archaic) A lean-to or temporary shelter. / (informal, US, archaic) A place or building; a store, saloon, or brothel.

(computing) The character string "#!" used at the beginning of a computer file to indicate which interpreter can process the commands in the file, chiefly used in Unix and related operating systems.

(idiomatic, with "the") Everything; the entire thing.

A burial shroud. / (historical) A collection of tallow rising up against the wick of a candle, once regarded as an omen of death.

(countable) A deceitful confidence trick, or mischief causing discomfort or annoyance. / (uncountable, dated, rare) singular of shenanigans.