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shelf (n.)
Old form(s):
Shelues
sandbank, shoal
3H6 V.iv.23
[Queen to all] [We will] keep our course ... / From shelves and rocks that threaten us with wrack
Luc.335
[Tarquin to himself] strong pirates, shelves, and sands / The merchant fears, ere rich at home he lands