About The Word Shelfy
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Shelfy
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What's The Definition Of Shelfy?
[adj] full of submerged reefs or sandbanks or shoals; "reefy shallows"; "shoaly waters"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Shelfy: reefy | shallow | shelvy | shoal | shoaly Related Terms | Find terms related to Shelfy: See Also | Shelfy In Webster's Dictionary \Shelf"y\, a.
1. Abounding in shelves; full of dangerous shallows. ``A
shelfy coast.'' --Dryden.
2. Full of strata of rock. [Obs.]
The tillable fields are in some places . . . so
shelfy that the corn hath much ado to fasten its
root. --Carew.
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