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.
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.