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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Rivage :: Rivage (n.) A bank, shore, or coast..
Seaboard :: Seaboard (n.) The seashore; seacoast.
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..
Land :: Land (v. t.) To catch and bring to shore; to capture; as, to land a fish..
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.
Shoreless :: Shoreless (a.) Having no shore or coast; of indefinite or unlimited extent; as, a shoreless ocean..
Lurg :: Lurg (n.) A large marine annelid (Nephthys caeca), inhabiting the sandy shores of Europe and America. It is whitish, with a pearly luster, and grows to the length of eight or ten inches..
Offing :: Offing (n.) That part of the sea at a good distance from the shore, or where there is deep water and no need of a pilot; also, distance from the shore; as, the ship had ten miles offing; we saw a ship in the offing..
Sublobular :: Sublittoral (a.) Under the shore.
Suent :: Sue (v. i.) To be left high and dry on the shore, as a ship..
Inlet :: Inlet (n.) A bay or recess,as in the shore of a sea, lake, or large river; a narrow strip of water running into the land or between islands..
Littoral :: Littoral (a.) Inhabiting the seashore, esp. the zone between high-water and low-water mark..
Sea Grape :: Sea grape () A shrubby plant (Coccoloba uvifera) growing on the sandy shores of tropical America, somewhat resembling the grapevine..
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..
Shoreward :: Shoreward (adv.) Toward the shore.
Shore :: Shore () of Shea.
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..
Jetty :: Jetty (n.) A wharf or pier extending from the shore.
Foreland :: Foreland (n.) That portion of the natural shore on the outside of the embankment which receives the stock of waves and deadens their force.
Driftweed :: Driftweed (n.) Seaweed drifted to the shore by the wind.
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