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Awash :: Awash (a.) Washed by the waves or tide; -- said of a rock or strip of shore, or (Naut.) of an anchor, etc., when flush with the surface of the water, so that the waves break over it..

Hydrographer :: Hydrographer (n.) One skilled in the hydrography; one who surveys, or draws maps or charts of, the sea, lakes, or other waters, with the adjacent shores; one who describes the sea or other waters..

Bitumen :: Bitumen (n.) Mineral pitch; a black, tarry substance, burning with a bright flame; Jew's pitch. It occurs as an abundant natural product in many places, as on the shores of the Dead and Caspian Seas. It is used in cements, in the construction of pavements, etc. See Asphalt..

Narragansetts :: Narragansetts (n. pl.) A tribe of Indians who formerly inhabited the shores of Narragansett Bay.

Sea Heath :: Sea heath () A low perennial plant (Frankenia laevis) resembling heath, growing along the seashore in Europe..

Pale :: Pale (n.) A shore for bracing a timber before it is fastened.

Breaker :: Breaker (n.) A wave breaking into foam against the shore, or against a sand bank, or a rock or reef near the surface..

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..

Blow :: Blow (v. t.) To drive by a current air; to impel; as, the tempest blew the ship ashore..

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..

Rocky :: Rocky (a.) Full of, or abounding in, rocks; consisting of rocks; as, a rocky mountain; a rocky shore..

Disembark :: Disembark (v. t.) To remove from on board a vessel; to put on shore; to land; to debark; as, the general disembarked the troops..

Asphaltum :: Asphaltum (n.) Mineral pitch, Jews' pitch, or compact native bitumen. It is brittle, of a black or brown color and high luster on a surface of fracture; it melts and burns when heated, leaving no residue. It occurs on the surface and shores of the Dead Sea, which is therefore called Asphaltites, or the Asphaltic Lake. It is found also in many parts of Asia, Europe, and America. See Bitumen..

Shoreling :: Shoreling (n.) See Shorling.

Sheet Anchor :: Sheet anchor (v. t.) A large anchor stowed on shores outside the waist of a vessel; -- called also waist anchor. See the Note under Anchor.

Undertow :: Undertow (n.) The current that sets seaward near the bottom when waves are breaking upon the shore.

Flux :: Flux (n.) The setting in of the tide toward the shore, -- the ebb being called the reflux..

Nog :: Nog (v. t.) To fasten, as shores, with treenails..

Off :: Off (prep.) Not on; away from; as, to be off one's legs or off the bed; two miles off the shore..

Inland :: Inland (a.) Limited to the land, or to inland routes; within the seashore boundary; not passing on, or over, the sea; as, inland transportation, commerce, navigation, etc..

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