SHIRT, noun shurt. [Latin curtus.] A loose garment of linen, cotton or other material, worn by men and boys next the body. It is folly for a nation to export beef and linen, while a great part of the peaple are obliged to subsist on potatoes, and have no shirts to wear. adjective.M. SHIRT, verb transitive shurt. 1. To cover or clothe, as with a shirt 2. To change the shirt and put on a clean one.
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