And, o'er the dang'rous deep, secure the navy flies; / Glides by the Sirens' cliffs, a shelfy coast, / Long infamous for ships and sailors lost
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Shelfy
//ˈʃɛlfi//
Synonyms for "shelfy" (6 found)
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The procedure and the results of calculating the wave regime in the example of the shelfy water of the Black Sea are discussed. Analogous data with respect to the wave regime can be obtained for all shelfy bodies of water of the inland and shelf seas of the USSR .
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According to Potter and Pattison (1977) , the most common surface landform found along the Antelope Point shoreline is shelfy terrace .
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The tillable fields are in some places […] so shelfy that the corn hath much ado to fasten his root.
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