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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Shelf  \Shelf\,  n.;  pl  {Shelves}.  [OE.  shelfe,  schelfe  AS 
  scylfe;  akin  to  G.  schelfe  Icel.  skj[=a]lf.  In  senses  2  &  3, 
  perhaps  a  different  word  (cf.  {Shelve},  v.  i.).] 
  1.  (Arch.)  A  flat  tablet  or  ledge  of  any  material  set 
  horizontally  at  a  distance  from  the  floor,  to  hold  objects 
  of  use  or  ornament. 
 
  2.  A  sand  bank  in  the  sea,  or  a  rock,  or  ledge  of  rocks, 
  rendering  the  water  shallow,  and  dangerous  to  ships. 
 
  On  the  tawny  sands  and  shelves.  --Milton. 
 
  On  the  secret  shelves  with  fury  cast.  --Dryden. 
 
  3.  (Mining)  A  stratum  lying  in  a  very  even  manner;  a  flat, 
  projecting  layer  of  rock. 
 
  4.  (Naut.)  A  piece  of  timber  running  the  whole  length  of  a 
  vessel  inside  the  timberheads.  --D.  Kemp. 
 
  {To  lay  on  the  shelf},  to  lay  aside  as  unnecessary  or 
  useless;  to  dismiss;  to  discard. 




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