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▪ I. ˈshelly, n. nonce-wd.
[f. shell n. + -y.]
A shell.
1611Beaum. & Fl. Knt. Burning Pestle iv. ad. fin., Sluggish snails, that erst were mute, do creep out of their shelies [rime bellies].
▪ II. shelly, a.|ˈʃɛlɪ|
[f. shell n. + -y.]
1. Abounding in (sea)shells; of a geological formation, consisting wholly or mainly of shells.
1555Eden Decades (Arb.) 380 Vpon the coast of Barberie..there is xv. fadome and good shelly grounde and sande amonge. 1650S. Clarke Eccl. Hist. i. (1654) 172 Amidst the shelly rocks of the sea. 1662J. Davies tr. Olearius' Voy. Amb. 207 We observ'd all along the Caspian Sea, many of these shelly Mountains. 1718Pope Odyss. iv. 555 The shelly shore. 1751J. Bartram Observ. 17 The rock consisted of a dark coloured shelly stone. 1776― Jrnl. 1 Jan. 18 Landed at a high shelly bluff. 1824G. Chalmers Caledonia III. iii. iii. 221 Marle of the shelly kind. 1832H. T. De la Beche Geol. Man. (ed. 2) 245 A coarse shelly and sandy limestone. 1877Le Conte Elem. Geol. (1879) 153 Mollusca which..leave their dead shells..and thus form sometimes pure shelly deposits.
2. Consisting of or of the nature of a shell; forming a covering resembling a shell; shell-like.
1592Shakes. Ven. & Ad. 1034 As the snaile..Shrinks backward in his shellie caue with paine. 1601Holland Pliny xxxii. viii. II. 441 The shellie skin of the sea Vrchin. 1662Comenius' Janua Ling. Triling. 27 The slow-pac'd cockle [snail] carryeth about with it its shelly lodge. 1681Grew Musæum i. §ii. i. 18 The fore-part of his Tail is encompass'd with shelly Rings. 1778Milne Bot. Dict. (ed. 2) 145 The shelly or husky outside incloses a white bitter pulp. 1815S. Brookes Conchol 96 A subcylindrical shelly or bony body. 1844Dickens Mart. Chuz. xxi, The very winkle of your country in his shelly lair. 1872Nicholson Palæont. 201 In the typical Terebratulæ, the internal skeleton which supports the arms is a short shelly hoop.
b. Of coal: see quot.
1881Raymond Mining Gloss., Shelly, the condition of coal which has been so much faulted and twisted that it is not massive, but easily breaks into conchoidal pieces.
c. fig. Hollow-sounding, empty.
1648Symmons Vind. 132 What they intend by cajol'd, and whom by cabalistical Adversaries, I stand not to argue, for the words are shelly.
d. Of a thin, bony, and lanky build.
1865J. Sleigh Derbysh. Gloss. in Reliquary VI. 167 Shelly, said of a beast which does not carry flesh. 1884Live Stock Jrnl. 1 Aug. 106/3 Darlington Dog Show... Glendale..is rather inclined to be shelly, with drooping quarters. 1893Kennel Gazette Aug. 213/2 Her kennel companion..is too shelly all through.
Comb.1901Scotsman 12 Nov. 8/3 A man of Mr. Maxwell's build cannot get his arms away so freely as a shelly-built player.
3. Of an animal: Having a shell; shell-.
1593Nashe Christ's T. 71 b, In theyr hollowe Caues..shelly Snayles shall keepe house. 1611Cotgr., Nautile, the shellie Pourcountrell. 1774Goldsm. Nat. Hist. (1776) VII. 65 Of all animals of the shelly tribe, the Pholades are the most wonderful.
4. Formed of a (sea)shell; consisting of (sea) shells or shell-fish.
1716Gay Trivia iii. 186 Be sure observe where brown Ostrea stands, Who boasts her shelly Ware from Wallfleet Sands. 1721D'Urfey Ariadne ii. i, And loud with quavering Sounds on shelly Hautboys, Tritons shall sing. 1733Budgell Bee IV. 400 A pointed Bulrush ev'ry Heroe bears, And ev'ry Head a Shelly Helmet wears. 1753Chambers' Cycl. Suppl. s.v. Shells, The great good these shelly fragments do to the lands they are used on. 1759Grainger Sulpicia i. 25 Whatever Gems the swarthy Indians boast, Their shelly Treasures [etc.]. |