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Scarcement :: Scarcement (n.) An offset where a wall or bank of earth, etc., retreats, leaving a shelf or footing..

Shelf :: Shelf (v. i.) A flat tablet or ledge of any material set horizontally at a distance from the floor, to hold objects of use or ornament..

Berth :: Berth (n.) A place in a ship to sleep in; a long box or shelf on the side of a cabin or stateroom, or of a railway car, for sleeping in..

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

Scaffold :: Scaffold (n.) An accumulation of adherent, partly fused material forming a shelf, or dome-shaped obstruction, above the tuyeres in a blast furnace..

Shelf :: Shelf (v. i.) A piece of timber running the whole length of a vessel inside the timberheads.

Berme :: Berme (n.) A narrow shelf or path between the bottom of a parapet and the ditch.

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..

Retable :: Retable (n.) A shelf behind the altar, for display of lights, vases of wlowers, etc..

Unshelve :: Unshelve (v. t.) To remove from, or as from, a 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..

Shelfy :: Shelfy (a.) Abounding in shelves; full of dangerous shallows.

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..

Shelfa :: Shelfa (n.) Alt. of Shilf.

Shelve :: Shelve (v. t.) To place on a shelf. Hence: To lay on the shelf; to put aside; to dismiss from service; to put off indefinitely; as, to shelve an officer; to shelve a claim..

Shelf :: Shelf (v. i.) A stratum lying in a very even manner; a flat, projecting layer of rock..

Lambrequin :: Lambrequin (n.) A piece of ornament drapery or short decorative hanging, pendent from a shelf or from the casing above a window, hiding the curtain fixtures, or the like..

Bank :: Bank (n.) An elevation, or rising ground, under the sea; a shoal, shelf, or shallow; as, the banks of Newfoundland..

Thrall :: Thrall (n.) A shelf; a stand for barrels, etc..

Ledge :: Ledge (n.) A shelf, ridge, or reef, of rocks..

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