Definition of ashore

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Ashore (adv.) On shore or on land; on the land adjacent to water; to the shore; to the land; aground (when applied to a ship); -- sometimes opposed to aboard or afloat.

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Seaboard :: Seaboard (n.) The seashore; seacoast.
Saltwort :: Saltwort (n.) A name given to several plants which grow on the seashore, as the Batis maritima, and the glasswort. See Glasswort..
Midland :: Midland (a.) Being in the interior country; distant from the coast or seashore; as, midland towns or inhabitants..
Seine :: Seine (n.) A large net, one edge of which is provided with sinkers, and the other with floats. It hangs vertically in the water, and when its ends are brought together or drawn ashore incloses the fish..
Samphire :: Samphire (n.) A seashore shrub (Borrichia arborescens) of the West Indies.
Drift :: Drift (v. i.) To float or be driven along by, or as by, a current of water or air; as, the ship drifted astern; a raft drifted ashore; the balloon drifts slowly east..
Sea Room :: Sea room () Room or space at sea for a vessel to maneuver, drive, or scud, without peril of running ashore or aground..
Longshore :: Longshore (a.) Belonging to the seashore or a seaport; along and on the shore.
Barilla :: Barilla (n.) Impure soda obtained from the ashes of any seashore plant, or kelp..
Aland :: Aland (adv.) On land; to the land; ashore.
Shipwreck :: Shipwreck (n.) The breaking in pieces, or shattering, of a ship or other vessel by being cast ashore or driven against rocks, shoals, etc., by the violence of the winds and waves..
Seashore :: Seashore (n.) All the ground between the ordinary highwater and low-water marks.
Sea Marge :: Sea marge () Land which borders on the sea; the seashore.
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..
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..
Debark :: Debark (v. t. & i.) To go ashore from a ship or boat; to disembark; to put ashore.
Maroon :: Maroon (v. t.) To put (a person) ashore on a desolate island or coast and leave him to his fate.
Obtain :: Obtain (v. i.) To become held; to gain or have a firm footing; to be recognized or established; to subsist; to become prevalent or general; to prevail; as, the custom obtains of going to the seashore in summer..
Sea Holly :: Sea holly () An evergeen seashore plant (Eryngium maritimum). See Eryngium.
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.
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