Definition of shore

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Shore (v. t.) To support by a shore or shores; to prop; -- usually with up; as, to shore up a building..

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Dammara :: Dammara (n.) An oleoresin used in making varnishes; dammar gum; dammara resin. It is obtained from certain resin trees indigenous to the East Indies, esp. Shorea robusta and the dammar pine..
Flux :: Flux (n.) The setting in of the tide toward the shore, -- the ebb being called the reflux..
Cyst :: Cyst (n.) One of the bladders or air vessels of certain algae, as of the great kelp of the Pacific, and common rockweeds (Fuci) of our shores..
Creek :: Creek (n.) A small inlet or bay, narrower and extending further into the land than a cove; a recess in the shore of the sea, or of a river..
Shoreward :: Shoreward (adv.) Toward the shore.
Barilla :: Barilla (n.) Impure soda obtained from the ashes of any seashore plant, or kelp..
Moses :: Moses (n.) A large flatboat, used in the West Indies for taking freight from shore to ship..
Pale :: Pale (n.) A shore for bracing a timber before it is fastened.
Rote :: Rote (n.) The noise produced by the surf of the sea dashing upon the shore. See Rut.
Amber :: Amber (n.) A yellowish translucent resin resembling copal, found as a fossil in alluvial soils, with beds of lignite, or on the seashore in many places. It takes a fine polish, and is used for pipe mouthpieces, beads, etc., and as a basis for a fine varnish. By friction, it becomes strongly electric..
Shorer :: Shorer (n.) One who, or that which, shores or props; a prop; a shore..
Lighter :: Lighter (v. t.) To convey by a lighter, as to or from the shore; as, to lighter the cargo of a ship..
Land :: Land (v. t.) To catch and bring to shore; to capture; as, to land a fish..
Aland :: Aland (adv.) On land; to the land; ashore.
Quarantine :: Quarantine (n.) Specifically, the term, originally of forty days, during which a ship arriving in port, and suspected of being infected a malignant contagious disease, is obliged to forbear all intercourse with the shore; hence, such restraint or inhibition of intercourse; also, the place where infected or prohibited vessels are stationed..
Beacon :: Beacon (n.) A signal or conspicuous mark erected on an eminence near the shore, or moored in shoal water, as a guide to mariners..
Shored :: Shored (imp. & p. p.) of Shor.
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..
Littoral :: Littoral (a.) Of or pertaining to a shore, as of the sea..
Arrive :: Arrive (v. t.) To bring to shore.
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