Shirred vs Shirted - What's the difference?
shirred | shirted |
(shirr)
(US, sewing) To make gathers in textiles by drawing together parallel threads.
(US) To bake (a raw egg removed from its shell) in a baking dish.
* 2006, Kim Severson, THE CHEF: ANNE QUATRANO; Letting the Land Make a Statement on the Plate , NYTimes, July 6
*:But her favorite way to express their simplicity is to shirr them. It's an old-fashioned technique that essentially means baking an egg. In her version, the eggs in ramekins are simmered in seasoned cream that reduces slightly into a soft sauce.
Wearing a shirt
*{{quote-news, year=1988, date=July 8, author=Muriel and Maury Schmidt, title=Sunday Afternoon in a Motel Room With Derrick, work=Chicago Reader
, passage=Maury rocked his chair onto its back legs, rubbed his shirted stomach, grinned. }}
*2004 , (The Streets), (Fit But You Know It)
*:You walked towards my path but you just brushed right past
*:And into the arms of that fucking white shirted man.
As a verb shirred
is (shirr).As an adjective shirted is
wearing a shirt.shirred
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Verb
(head)shirr
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Verb
(en verb)shirted
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Adjective
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