3. To betake to cover, or to a safe place; — used reflexively.

They sheltered themselves under a rock.
Abp. Abbot.

Shelter
(Shel"ter), v. i. To take shelter.

There oft the Indian herdsman, shunning heat,
Shelters in cool.
Milton.

Shelterless
(Shel"ter*less), a. Destitute of shelter or protection.

Now sad and shelterless perhaps she lies.
Rowe.

Sheltery
(Shel"ter*y) a. Affording shelter. [R.]

Sheltie
(Shel"tie Shel"ty) , n. A Shetland pony.

Shelve
(Shelve) v. t.

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.

Shelve
(Shelve), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Shelved ; p. pr. & vb. n. Shelving.] [Perhapss originally from the same source as shallow, but influenced by shelf a ledge, a platform.] To incline gradually; to be slopping; as, the bottom shelves from the shore.

Shelving
(Shelv"ing), a. Sloping gradually; inclining; as, a shelving shore. Shak. "Shelving arches." Addison.

Shelving
(Shelv"ing), n.

1. The act of fitting up shelves; as, the job of shelving a closet.

2. The act of laying on a shelf, or on the shelf; putting off or aside; as, the shelving of a claim.

3. Material for shelves; shelves, collectively.

Shelvy
(Shelv"y) a. Sloping gradually; shelving.

The shore was shelving and shallow.
Shak.

Shemite
(Shem"ite) n. A descendant of Shem.

Shemitic
(Shem*it"ic Shem"i*tish) a. Of or pertaining to Shem, the son of Noah, or his descendants. See Semitic.

Shemitism
(Shem"i*tism) n. See Semitism.

Shend
(Shend) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shent ; p. pr. & vb. n. Shending.] [AS. scendan to disgrace, bring to shame, from sceand, sceond, disgrace, dishonor, shame; akin to G. schande, Goth. skanda. See Shame, n.]

1. To injure, mar, spoil, or harm. [Obs.] "Loss of time shendeth us." Chaucer.

I fear my body will be shent.
Dryden.


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