Definition of shelf

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

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Mantelshelf :: Mantelshelf (n.) The shelf of a mantel.
Bookshelf :: Bookshelf (n.) A shelf to hold books.
Gradino :: Gradino (n.) A step or raised shelf, as above a sideboard or altar. Cf. Superaltar, and Gradin..
Berme :: Berme (n.) A narrow shelf or path between the bottom of a parapet and the ditch.
Cupboard :: Cupboard (n.) A board or shelf for cups and dishes.
Ledge :: Ledge (n.) A shelf, ridge, or reef, of rocks..
Shallow :: Shallow (n.) A place in a body of water where the water is not deep; a shoal; a flat; a shelf.
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..
Scarcement :: Scarcement (n.) An offset where a wall or bank of earth, etc., retreats, leaving a shelf or footing..
Shelving :: Shelving (n.) The act of laying on a shelf, or on the shelf; putting off or aside; as, the shelving of a claim..
Unshelve :: Unshelve (v. t.) To remove from, or as from, a shelf..
Shelfy :: Shelfy (a.) Abounding in shelves; full of dangerous shallows.
Shelfa :: Shelfa (n.) Alt. of Shilf.
Scaffold :: Scaffold (n.) An accumulation of adherent, partly fused material forming a shelf, or dome-shaped obstruction, above the tuyeres in a blast furnace..
Retable :: Retable (n.) A shelf behind the altar, for display of lights, vases of wlowers, etc..
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