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Webster 1913 Edition


Shelly

Shell′y

,
Adj.
Abounding with shells; consisting of shells, or of a shell.
“The shelly shore.”
Prior.
Shrinks backward in his
shelly
cave.
Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition


Shelly

SHELL'Y

,
Adj.
1. Abounding with shells; as the shelly shore.
2. Consisting of shells. Lobsters disengage themselves from their shelly prisons.