2. Verb. (third-person singular of shelve) ¹
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Definition of Shelves
1. shelve [v] - See also: shelve
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shelves
Literary usage of Shelves
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Library Journal by American Library Association, Library Association, Richard Rogers Bowker, Charles Ammi Cutter (1907)
"Two shelves were devoted experimentally to good American novels, ... Then a few
shelves of English novels were tried — Black, Blackmore, Craik, Besant, ..."
2. Manual of Library Economy by James Duff Brown (1903)
"PUBLIC ACCESS TO LIBRARY shelves. 502. The question of allowing readers to have
direct access to the shelves of public libraries has been incidentally ..."
3. Manual of Library Economy by James Duff Brown (1903)
"PUBLIC ACCESS TO LIBRARY shelves. 502. The question of allowing readers to have
direct access to the shelves of public libraries has been incidentally ..."
4. Proceedings by American Library Association (1894)
""The loss of 500 books in zX years by theft, and disarrangement of books on the
shelves, caused the closing of the shelves to the public • in 1876. ..."
5. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1915)
"The shelves are 14 x 40 in., 13 in. between shelves. The truck is mounted o^ two
8 in. wheels and two 5 in. swivel casters with roller bearings, ..."
6. Probability of Sea Level Rise by James G. Titus, Vijay K. Narayanan (1998)
"SEAICE + 0.5 SEAICE The PRB also notes that there is a possibility that undiluted
CDW would enter beneath the ice shelves, independent of the decline in ..."
7. The Teaching of Chemistry and Physics in the Secondary School by Alexander Smith, Edwin Herbert Hall (1902)
"The Side-shelves: — Conveniently accessible shelves should be placed against the
wall for the accommodation of chemicals. The solids used in considerable ..."
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