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Webster 1913 Edition

Verb.

To furnish with shelves;

as, to

shelve

a closet or a library

To place on a shelf. Hence: To lay on the shelf; to put aside; to dismiss from service; to put off indefinitely;

as, to

shelve

an officer; to

shelve

a claim

Verb.

[

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

Verb.

shelv. To place on a shelf or on shelves. [Not in use.]

Verb.

to incline; to be sloping.