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shore (s̸hôr)

noun

  1. land at or near the edge of a body of water, esp. along an ocean, large lake, etc.
  2. land as opposed to water
  3. Law seashore

Etymology: ME schore < OE *score (akin to MLowG schore) < or akin to scorian, to jut out < IE base *(s)ker-, to cut > harvest

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shore (s̸hôr)

noun

a prop, as a beam, placed under or against something as a support or stabilizer; specif., any of the timbers used to support a boat or ship that is out of water

Etymology: ME schore, akin to MDu, ON skortha, a prop, stay: for IE base see shore

transitive verb shored, shoring shor′·ing

to support or make stable with or as if with a shore or shores; prop: usually with up
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shore (s̸hôr)

transitive verb, intransitive verb

Dialectal, Archaic shear

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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