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SHORE, the old. pret. of shear. Obs.

SHORE, n. The coast or land adjacent to the sea, or to a large lake or river. This word is applied primarily to land contiguous to water; but it extends to the ground near the border of the sea or of a lake, which is covered with water. We also use the word to express the land near the border of the sea or of a great lake, to an indefinite extent; as when we say, a town stands on the shore. We do not apply the word to land contiguous to a small stream. This we call a bank.

SHORE, n. [The popular but corrupt pronunciation of sewer; a pronunciation that should be carefully avoided.]

SHORE, n. A prop; a butress; something that supports a building or other thing.

SHORE, v.t.

1. To prop; to support by a post or butress; usually withsup; as, to shore up a building.

2. To set on shore. [Not in use.]



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SHORE, the old. pret. of shear. Obs.

SHORE, n. The coast or land adjacent to the sea, or to a large lake or river. This word is applied primarily to land contiguous to water; but it extends to the ground near the border of the sea or of a lake, which is covered with water. We also use the word to express the land near the border of the sea or of a great lake, to an indefinite extent; as when we say, a town stands on the shore. We do not apply the word to land contiguous to a small stream. This we call a bank.

SHORE, n. [The popular but corrupt pronunciation of sewer; a pronunciation that should be carefully avoided.]

SHORE, n. A prop; a butress; something that supports a building or other thing.

SHORE, v.t.

1. To prop; to support by a post or butress; usually withsup; as, to shore up a building.

2. To set on shore. [Not in use.]


SHORE, n.1 [Sax. score.]

The coast or land adjacent to the ocean or sea, or to a large lake or river. This word is applied primarily to the land, contiguous to water; but it extends also to the ground near the bonder of the sea or of a lake, which is covered with water. We also use the word to express the land near the border of the sea or of a great lake, to an indefinite extent; as when we say, a town stands on the shore. We do not apply the word to the land contiguous to a small stream. This we call a bank.


SHORE, n.2 [The popular but corrupt pronunciation of sewer; a pronunciation that should be carefully avoided.]


SHORE, n.3 [Sp. and Port. escora; D. schoor.]

A prop; a buttress; something that supports a building or other thing.


SHORE, v. [the old pret. of Shear. Obs.]


SHORE, v.t.

  1. To prop; to support by a post or buttress usually with up; as, to shore up a building.
  2. To set on shore. [Not in use.] – Shak.

Shore
  1. imp. of Shear.

    Chaucer.
  2. A sewer.

    [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
  3. 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.]
  4. To support by a shore or shores] to prop; -- usually with up; as, to shore up a building.
  5. The coast or land adjacent to a large body of water, as an ocean, lake, or large river.

    Michael Cassio,
    Lieutenant to the warlike Moor Othello,
    Is come shore.     Shak.

    The fruitful shore of muddy Nile. Spenser.

    In shore, near the shore. Marryat. -- On shore. See under On. -- Shore birds (Zoöl.), a collective name for the various limicoline birds found on the seashore. -- Shore crab (Zoöl.), 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 (Zoöl.), 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 (Zoöl.), a large-billed Australian plover (Esacus magnirostris). It lives on the seashore, and feeds on crustaceans, etc. -- Shore teetan (Zoöl.), the rock pipit (Anthus obscurus). [Prov. Eng.]

  6. To set on shore.

    [Obs.] Shak.
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Shore

SHORE, the old. pret. of shear. Obs.

SHORE, noun The coast or land adjacent to the sea, or to a large lake or river. This word is applied primarily to land contiguous to water; but it extends to the ground near the border of the sea or of a lake, which is covered with water. We also use the word to express the land near the border of the sea or of a great lake, to an indefinite extent; as when we say, a town stands on the shore. We do not apply the word to land contiguous to a small stream. This we call a bank.

SHORE, noun [The popular but corrupt pronunciation of sewer; a pronunciation that should be carefully avoided.]

SHORE, noun A prop; a butress; something that supports a building or other thing.

SHORE, verb transitive

1. To prop; to support by a post or butress; usually withsup; as, to shore up a building.

2. To set on shore [Not in use.]

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