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Shelve
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
1. To furnish with shelves; as, to shelve a closet or a library.
2. 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.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To incline gradually; to be slopping; as, the bottom shelves from the shore.