Definition of shelf

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Shelf (v. i.) A sand bank in the sea, or a rock, or ledge of rocks, rendering the water shallow, and dangerous to ships..

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Shallow :: Shallow (n.) A place in a body of water where the water is not deep; a shoal; a flat; a shelf.
Superangelic :: Superaltar (n.) A raised shelf or stand on the back of an altar, on which different objects can be placed; a predella or gradino..
Scarcement :: Scarcement (n.) An offset where a wall or bank of earth, etc., retreats, leaving a shelf or footing..
Shelfa :: Shelfa (n.) Alt. of Shilf.
Place :: Place (n.) To assign a place to; to put in a particular spot or place, or in a certain relative position; to direct to a particular place; to fix; to settle; to locate; as, to place a book on a shelf; to place balls in tennis..
Unshelve :: Unshelve (v. t.) To remove from, or as from, a shelf..
Bookshelf :: Bookshelf (n.) A shelf to hold books.
Retable :: Retable (n.) A shelf behind the altar, for display of lights, vases of wlowers, etc..
Shelfy :: Shelfy (a.) Full of strata of rock.
Ledge :: Ledge (n.) A shelf on which articles may be laid; also, that which resembles such a shelf in form or use, as a projecting ridge or part, or a molding or edge in joinery..
Shelfy :: Shelfy (a.) Abounding in shelves; full of dangerous shallows.
Plough :: Plough (n.) To cut a groove in, as in a plank, or the edge of a board; especially, a rectangular groove to receive the end of a shelf or tread, the edge of a panel, a tongue, etc..
Mantel :: Mantel (n.) The finish around a fireplace, covering the chimney-breast in front and sometimes on both sides; especially, a shelf above the fireplace, and its supports..
Scaffold :: Scaffold (n.) An accumulation of adherent, partly fused material forming a shelf, or dome-shaped obstruction, above the tuyeres in a blast furnace..
Sconce :: Sconce (p. p.) A fixed seat or shelf.
Hob :: Hob (n.) The flat projection or iron shelf at the side of a fire grate, where things are put to be kept warm..
Mantelshelf :: Mantelshelf (n.) The shelf of a mantel.
Gradino :: Gradino (n.) A step or raised shelf, as above a sideboard or altar. Cf. Superaltar, and Gradin..
Thrall :: Thrall (n.) A shelf; a stand for barrels, etc..
Ledge :: Ledge (n.) A shelf, ridge, or reef, of rocks..
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