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English Dictionary: shore	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
shore n the land along the edge of a body of water a beam or timber that is propped against a structure to provide support Synonym(s): shore, shoring v serve as a shore to; "The river was shored by trees" arrive on shore; "The ship landed in Pearl Harbor" Synonym(s): land, set ashore, shore support by placing against something solid or rigid; "shore and buttress an old building" Synonym(s): prop up, prop, shore up, shore
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Shear \Shear\, v. t. [imp. {Sheared}or {Shore};p. p. {Sheared} or {Shorn}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shearing}.] [OE. sheren, scheren, to shear, cut, shave, AS. sceran, scieran, scyran; akin to D. & G. scheren, Icel. skera, Dan. ski[?]re, Gr. [?][?][?]. Cf. {Jeer}, {Score}, {Shard}, {Share}, {Sheer} to turn aside.] 1. To cut, clip, or sever anything from with shears or a like instrument; as, to shear sheep; to shear cloth. Note: It is especially applied to the cutting of wool from sheep or their skins, and the nap from cloth. 2. To separate or sever with shears or a similar instrument; to cut off; to clip (something) from a surface; as, to shear a fleece. Before the golden tresses . . . were shorn away. --Shak. 3. To reap, as grain. [Scot.] --Jamieson. 4. Fig.: To deprive of property; to fleece. 5. (Mech.) To produce a change of shape in by a shear. See {Shear}, n., 4.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Shore \Shore\, imp. of {Shear}. --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Shore \Shore\, n. [OE. schore; akin to LG. schore, D. schoor, OD. schoore, Icel. skor[?]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}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Shore \Shore\, n. A sewer. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Shore \Shore\, 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Shore \Shore\, 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. 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} (Zo[94]l.), a collective name for the various limicoline birds found on the seashore. {Shore crab} (Zo[94]l.), 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} (Zo[94]l.), 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} (Zo[94]l.), a large-billed Australian plover ({Esacus magnirostris}). It lives on the seashore, and feeds on crustaceans, etc. {Shore teetan} (Zo[94]l.), the rock pipit ({Anthus obscurus}). [Prov. Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Shore \Shore\, v. t. To set on shore. [Obs.] --Shak.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Shore, OH Zip code(s): 44123