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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Shelve  \Shelve\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Shelved};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Shelving}.]  [Perhapss  originally  from  the  same  source  as 
  shallow,  but  influenced  by  shelf  a  ledge,  a  platform.] 
  To  incline  gradually;  to  be  slopping;  as  the  bottom  shelves 
  from  the  shore. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Shelving  \Shelv"ing\,  a. 
  Sloping  gradually;  inclining;  as  a  shelving  shore.  --Shak. 
  ``Shelving  arches.''  --Addison. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Shelving  \Shelv"ing\,  n. 
  1.  The  act  of  fitting  up  shelves;  as  the  job  of  shelving  a 
  closet. 
 
  2.  The  act  of  laying  on  a  shelf,  or  on  the  shelf;  putting  off 
  or  aside;  as  the  shelving  of  a  claim. 
 
  3.  Material  for  shelves;  shelves,  collectively. 




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