Vocabulary : Shelfa to Shelling
Shelfa : Alt. of ShilfaShelfy : Abounding in shelves; full of dangerous shallows. ;; Full of strata of rock.
Shell : Something similar in form or action to an ordnance shell; ;; A case or cartridge containing a charge of explosive material, which bursts after having been thrown high into the air. It is often elevated through the agency of a larger firework in which it is contained. ;; A torpedo. ;; A concave rough cast-iron tool in which a convex lens is ground to shape. ;; A gouge bit or shell bit. ;; A hard outside covering, as of a fruit or an animal. ;; The covering, or outside part, of a nut; as, a hazelnut shell. ;; A pod. ;; The hard covering of an egg. ;; The hard calcareous or chitinous external covering of mollusks, crustaceans, and some other invertebrates. In some mollusks, as the cuttlefishes, it is internal, or concealed by the mantle. Also, the hard covering of some vertebrates, as the armadillo, the tortoise, and the like. ;; Hence, by extension, any mollusks having such a covering. ;; A hollow projectile, of various shapes, adapted for a mortar or a cannon, and containing an explosive substance, ignited wit
Shellac : See the Note under 2d Lac.
Shellapple : See Sheldafle.
