a-shelfadv.
/əˈʃɛlf/ On a shelf or ledge of rocks. Also figurative.
ΚΠ
1587 J. Harmar tr. T. de Bèze Serm. 231 That we iut not any more and runne a-shelfe on such Idolatry.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
<
adv.1587- in the trip of a minute
- in the trough
- in the trouser department
- in the turn of a hand
- in the turning of a hand
- in the twink of a bedstick
- in the twinkle of an eye
- in the twinkling of a bedstaff
- in the twinkling of a look
- in the twinkling of an eye
- in the type
- in the universal
- in the upshot
- in the urn
- in the use of
- in the vague
- in the van
- in the varsal world
- in the vein
- in the vernacular
- in the very act of
- in the very front of
- in the very front of danger etc
- in the very loose
- in the very nick