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Vinony

shelf

noun

  1. flat horizontal plane used for storage
  2. set of shelves, combined into one piece of furniture
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ʃɛlf/

name

  1. A place name:
  2. A place name:

noun

Etymology: Of obscure origin; evidently identical to Middle English shelp (“sandbar in a river”), but the sound shift is unexpected. Shelp might be from Old English scylp (“crag”) or Middle Dutch schelp-.

  1. A reef, sandbar, or shoal.

    “But with a ſlaw ſuddein chauffing ſtorm-bringer Orion, / Spurnt vs too the waters: then ſootherne ſwaſhruter huffling / Flung vs on high ſhelueflats, to the rocks vs he buffeted after.”

    “The Marchant that returnes from ſome far forrain lands, / Eſcaping dreadfull rocks and dangerous ſhelfs and ſands, / When as he ſees his ſhip her home-hauen enter ſafe, / Will he repine at God, and as offended chafe / For being brought to ſoone home to his natiue ſoile, / Free from all perills ſad that threaten ſaylor’s ſpoile?”

verb

  1. Alternative form of shelve.