shelvyadj.¹

/ˈʃɛlvi/

Etymology: < shelve n.¹ + -y suffix¹.

Of a shore: Having shelves or dangerous sandbanks. †Of a brook: Full of sandbanks. Perhaps used by some writers with sense derived from shelve v.³: Sloping down.

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the world > the earth > water > body of water > [adjective] > shallow

shoal839

shoala1400

sheld1507

shelfy1576

shelvy1602

shoaly1612

shelf-spoiled1627

shallowy1890

the world > the earth > land > land mass > reef > sandbank > [adjective] > abounding in sandbanks

shelfy1576

shelvy1602

1602 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor iii. v. 14 I had bene drowned, but that the shore was sheluie and somewhat shallowe.

1609 R. Armin Ital. Taylor sig. C3 Through sheluie Brooks (by sedgy bancks The shallow and the deepe).

1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 26 The Leeward part of the Iland being rather shelvie then rockie, they seldome or never are cast away.

1746 Fool (1748) I. 202 The Ship would be certainly wrecked on the shelvy Coast of Holland.

1765 O. Goldsmith Traveller (ed. 2) 5 As well..On Idra's cliff as Arno's shelvy side.

1804 W. Scott Bard's Incant. 8 The waves..dash against the shelvy strand.

1872 J. S. Blackie Lays of Highlands 2 Uncouth people fishing on a shelvy shore.

1885 A. Munro Siren Casket 5 He breasts the main And gains, much-spent, a shelvy reef.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

shelvyadj.²

/ˈʃɛlvi/

Etymology: < shelve n.² + -y suffix¹.

rare.

Projecting like a shelf; overhanging.

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the world > space > relative position > high position > overhanging > [adjective]

hangingc1330

pendentc1425

beetled1509

bending1567

prependent1592

propendent1593

overwhelming1599

pendulous1608

impendent1611

incumbent1719

imminent1727

impending1730

beetling1744

pensilec1750

pending1756

superincumbent1785

shelvy1811

overbrowing1814

propensive1819

oversailing1833

beetle-browed1842

overhung1845

overhanging1860

overleaning1865

overreaching1890

cantilevered1910

1811 D. Buchan in J. Barrow Chron. Hist. Voyages (1818) App. i. 8 At noon several difficulties presented themselves in crossing a tract of shelvy ice, intersected with deep and wide rents.

1831 W. O. Porter & J. Porter Sir Edward Seaward's Narr. I. 148 I deposited the spade under a shelvy rock.

1862 G. Borrow Wild Wales II. xii. 131 The shelvy side of Snowdon rose above me on the left.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

单词	shelvy
释义	shelvyadj.¹ /ˈʃɛlvi/ Etymology: < shelve n.¹ + -y suffix¹. Of a shore: Having shelves or dangerous sandbanks. †Of a brook: Full of sandbanks. Perhaps used by some writers with sense derived from shelve v.³: Sloping down. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > body of water > [adjective] > shallow shoal839 shoala1400 sheld1507 shelfy1576 shelvy1602 shoaly1612 shelf-spoiled1627 shallowy1890 the world > the earth > land > land mass > reef > sandbank > [adjective] > abounding in sandbanks shelfy1576 shelvy1602 1602 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor iii. v. 14 I had bene drowned, but that the shore was sheluie and somewhat shallowe. 1609 R. Armin Ital. Taylor sig. C3 Through sheluie Brooks (by sedgy bancks The shallow and the deepe). 1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 26 The Leeward part of the Iland being rather shelvie then rockie, they seldome or never are cast away. 1746 Fool (1748) I. 202 The Ship would be certainly wrecked on the shelvy Coast of Holland. 1765 O. Goldsmith Traveller (ed. 2) 5 As well..On Idra's cliff as Arno's shelvy side. 1804 W. Scott Bard's Incant. 8 The waves..dash against the shelvy strand. 1872 J. S. Blackie Lays of Highlands 2 Uncouth people fishing on a shelvy shore. 1885 A. Munro Siren Casket 5 He breasts the main And gains, much-spent, a shelvy reef. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2021). shelvyadj.² /ˈʃɛlvi/ Etymology: < shelve n.² + -y suffix¹. rare. Projecting like a shelf; overhanging. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > high position > overhanging > [adjective] hangingc1330 pendentc1425 beetled1509 bending1567 prependent1592 propendent1593 overwhelming1599 pendulous1608 impendent1611 incumbent1719 imminent1727 impending1730 beetling1744 pensilec1750 pending1756 superincumbent1785 shelvy1811 overbrowing1814 propensive1819 oversailing1833 beetle-browed1842 overhung1845 overhanging1860 overleaning1865 overreaching1890 cantilevered1910 1811 D. Buchan in J. Barrow Chron. Hist. Voyages (1818) App. i. 8 At noon several difficulties presented themselves in crossing a tract of shelvy ice, intersected with deep and wide rents. 1831 W. O. Porter & J. Porter Sir Edward Seaward's Narr. I. 148 I deposited the spade under a shelvy rock. 1862 G. Borrow Wild Wales II. xii. 131 The shelvy side of Snowdon rose above me on the left. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < adj.¹1602adj.²1811
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