Shelves

shelvz. A board, or platform, elevated above the floor, and fixed horizontal y on a frame, or Sheldrake. contiguous to a wall, for holding ve els, books, etc.; a sand-bank in the sea, or a rock, or ledge of rocks, rendering water shallow and dangerous to ships.— Shelfy, a. Abounding in, or composed of, shelves; dangerous shallows.— Shelve, v. t. To furnish shelves, place on a shelf, put aside, suppre . Shell, shel, n. A hard outside covering; esp., serving as the natural protection of certain and animals; a pod; the covering or outside an egg. (Zo'61.) The hard organized substance ing the skeleton of many invertebrate animals, ally external, but sometimes internal; the hard ering of some vertebrates, as the armadillo, tortoise, etc. {Mil.) A hollow sphere or cylinder which, being filled with gunpowder, and fired a mortar or cannon, bursts into pieces when the der explodes; a bomb. Any framework or exterior structure regarded as not complete or filled slight hollow structure; outward show without ward substance; an instrument of music, as a light boat, sometimes made of paper, for racing, The husks of the cacao-nut, a decoction of 'which used as a substitute for chocolate, cocoa, etc. S shelled (sheld), shelling.] To strip or break he shell of, take out of the shell or pod; to separate (corn) from the ear; to throw shells or bombs bombard. — v. i. To fall off, as a shell, crust, terior coat; to cast the shell or exterior covering. — Shell 'y, -Y, a. Abounding with, or consisting shells.— Shell'-bark, n. A species of hickory bark is loose and peeling; shag-bark. — fish, aquatic animal, whose external covering consists a shell, either testaceous, as in oysters, clams, or crustaceous, as in the lobster. — Shel'lac, lac, n. The resin lac spread into thin plates, being melted and strained. Shelter, etc. See under Shield. Sheltie, sheKtT, n. A Shetland pony; one of of small ponies, — orig. fr. Shetland. Shelve, shelv, v. t. See under Shelf. Shelve, shelv, v. i. [shelved (shelvd), shelving.] incline, be sloping. — Shelv'y, -T, a. Full of rocks sand-banks; shallow. Shepherd, Shepherde . See under Sheep.