*shore*

n. See Longshoreman. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ Pref. a- + shore. ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Here shall I die ashore. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

I must fetch his necessaries ashore. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Naut.) One of several shores used to hold a ship firmly and prevent her moving while the blocks are knocked away before launching. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the part of the seashore between the high-water and and low-water marks. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Being near or moving towards the shore; as, inshore fisheries; inshore currents. -- adv. Towards the shore; as, the boat was headed inshore. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the shore of a lake.
Syn. -- lakeside. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Abbrev. from alongshore. ] Belonging to the seashore or a seaport; along and on the shore. “Longshore thieves.” R. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Longshoremen [ Abbrev. fr. alongshoreman. ] One of a class of laborers employed about the wharves of a seaport, especially in loading and unloading vessels. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. From the shore; as, an offshore wind; an offshore signal. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Located in the waters near the shore; as, offshore drilling. [ PJC ]

3. Operating or located in a foreign country; as, an offshore bank account; offshore mutual funds. [ PJC ]

adj. coming from the sea toward the land; -- of winds and weather; as, an onshore gale. Opposed to offshore.
Syn. -- inshore, seaward. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. On the edge of the land; near the shoreline; as, an onshore lighthouse. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. The coast of the sea; the land that lies adjacent to the sea or ocean. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) All the ground between the ordinary high-water and low-water marks. [ 1913 Webster ]

imp. of Shear. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A sewer. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. schore; akin to LG. schore, D. schoor, OD. schoore, Icel. skor&unr_;a, and perhaps to E. shear, as being a piece cut off. ] 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. [ Written also shoar. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Shored p. pr. & vb. n. Shoring. ] [ OE. schoren. See Shore a prop. ] To support by a shore or shores; to prop; -- usually with up; as, to shore up a building. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. schore, AS. score, probably fr. scieran, and so meaning properly, that which is shorn off, edge; akin to OD. schoore, schoor. See Shear, v. t. ] The coast or land adjacent to a large body of water, as an ocean, lake, or large river. [ 1913 Webster ]

Michael Cassio,
Lieutenant to the warlike Moor Othello,
Is come shore. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The fruitful shore of muddy Nile. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

In shore, near the shore. Marryat. --
On shore. See under On. --
Shore birds (Zool.), a collective name for the various limicoline birds found on the seashore. --
Shore crab (Zool.), any crab found on the beaches, or between tides, especially any one of various species of grapsoid crabs, as Heterograpsus nudus of California. --
Shore lark (Zool.), a small American lark (Otocoris alpestris) found in winter, both on the seacoast and on the Western plains. Its upper parts are varied with dark brown and light brown. It has a yellow throat, yellow local streaks, a black crescent on its breast, a black streak below each eye, and two small black erectile ear tufts. Called also horned lark. --
Shore plover (Zool.), a large-billed Australian plover (Esacus magnirostris). It lives on the seashore, and feeds on crustaceans, etc. --
Shore teetan (Zool.), the rock pipit (Anthus obscurus). [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To set on shore. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having no shore or coast; of indefinite or unlimited extent; as, a shoreless ocean. Young. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Shorling. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, shores or props; a prop; a shore. [ 1913 Webster ]