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Webster 1913 Edition

Shore

Shore

,
imp.
of
Shear
.
Chaucer.

Shore

,
Noun.
A sewer.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

Shore

,
Noun.
[OE.
schore
; akin to LG.
schore
, D.
schoor
, OD.
schoore
, Icel.
skor[GREEK]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
.]

Shore

,
Verb.
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
.

Shore

,
Noun.
[OE.
schore
, AS.
score
, probably fr.
scieran
, and so meaning properly, that which is shorn off, edge; akin to OD.
schoore
,
schoor
. See
Shear
,
Verb.
T.
]
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
.
Shakespeare
The fruitful
shore
of muddy Nile.
Spenser.
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.]

Shore

,
Verb.
T.
To set on shore.
[Obs.]
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition

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.
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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