Definition of shore

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Shore (n.) A prop, as a timber, placed as a brace or support against the side of a building or other structure; a prop placed beneath anything, as a beam, to prevent it from sinking or sagging..

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Landing :: Landing (a.) Of, pertaining to or used for, setting, bringing, or going, on shore..
Palmyra :: Palmyra (n.) A species of palm (Borassus flabelliformis) having a straight, black, upright trunk, with palmate leaves. It is found native along the entire northern shores of the Indian Ocean, from the mouth of the Tigris to New Guinea. More than eight hundred uses to which it is put are enumerated by native writers. Its wood is largely used for building purposes; its fruit and roots serve for food, its sap for making toddy, and its leaves for thatching huts..
Wharf :: Wharf (n.) A structure or platform of timber, masonry, iron, earth, or other material, built on the shore of a harbor, river, canal, or the like, and usually extending from the shore to deep water, so that vessels may lie close alongside to receive and discharge cargo, passengers, etc.; a quay; a pier..
Shoar :: Shoar (n.) A prop. See 3d Shore.
Shore :: Shore (v. t.) The coast or land adjacent to a large body of water, as an ocean, lake, or large river..
Shingle :: Shingle (n.) Round, water-worn, and loose gravel and pebbles, or a collection of roundish stones, such as are common on the seashore and elsewhere..
Squillitic :: Squilla (n.) Any one of numerous stomapod crustaceans of the genus Squilla and allied genera. They make burrows in mud or beneath stones on the seashore. Called also mantis shrimp. See Illust. under Stomapoda.
Samphire :: Samphire (n.) A seashore shrub (Borrichia arborescens) of the West Indies.
Cockboat :: Cockboat (n.) A small boat, esp. one used on rivers or near the shore..
Glasswort :: Glasswort (n.) A seashore plant of the Spinach family (Salicornia herbacea), with succulent jointed stems; also, a prickly plant of the same family (Salsola Kali), both formerly burned for the sake of the ashes, which yield soda for making glass and soap..
Shoreward :: Shoreward (adv.) Toward the shore.
Limicoline :: Limicoline (a.) Shore-inhabiting; of or pertaining to the Limicolae.
Swash :: Swash (n.) A narrow sound or channel of water lying within a sand bank, or between a sand bank and the shore, or a bar over which the sea washes..
Surf :: Surf (n.) The swell of the sea which breaks upon the shore, esp. upon a sloping beach..
Dogshore :: Dogshore (n.) One of several shores used to hold a ship firmly and prevent her moving while the blocks are knocked away before launching.
Sublobular :: Sublittoral (a.) Under the shore.
Track :: Track (v. t.) To draw along continuously, as a vessel, by a line, men or animals on shore being the motive power; to tow..
Sal :: Sal (n.) An East Indian timber tree (Shorea robusta), much used for building purposes. It is of a light brown color, close-grained, heavy, and durable..
Inshore :: Inshore (a.) Being near or moving towards the shore; as, inshore fisheries; inshore currents..
Jetty :: Jetty (n.) A wharf or pier extending from the shore.
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