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Shelving [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. or adjective Inclining; sloping; having declivity.

2. With rocks and shelving arches vaulted round. Addison .

Shelving [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Sloping gradually; inclining; as, a shelving shore.

Shelving [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.

Shelving [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913