Definition for SHELF'Y
SHELFSHELL
SHELF'Y, a.
- Full of shelves; abounding with sand-banks or rocks lying near the surface of the water, and rendering navigation dangerous; as, a shelfy coast. – Dryden.
- Hard; firm. [See Shelf, No. 3.] [Not in use.] – Carew.
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