Word Meanings - SHORER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

One who, or that which, shores or props; a prop; a shore.

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• SHORER
  One who, or that which, shores or props; a prop; a shore.
• SHOREWARD
  Toward the shore.
• PROPS
  A game of chance, in which four sea shells, each called a prop, are used instead of dice.
• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• WHICH
  the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
• SHORELESS
  Having no shore or coast; of indefinite or unlimited extent; as, a shoreless ocean. Young.
• SHORELING
  See SHORLING
• SHORE
  imp. of Shear. Chaucer.
• SEASHORE
  All the ground between the ordinary highwater and low-water marks. (more info) 1. The coast of the sea; the land that lies adjacent to the sea or ocean.
• LONGSHORE
  Belonging to the seashore or a seaport; along and on the shore. "Longshore thieves." R. Browning.
• LONGSHOREMAN
  One of a class of laborers employed about the wharves of a seaport, especially in loading and unloading vessels.
• OFFSHORE
  From the shore; as, an offshore wind; an offshore signal.
• ALONGSHORE
  Along the shore or coast.
• DOGSHORE
  One of several shores used to hold a ship firmly and prevent her moving while the blocks are knocked away before launching.
• ASHORE
  On shore or on land; on the land adjacent to water; to the shore; to the land; aground ; -- sometimes opposed to aboard or afloat. Here shall I die ashore. Shak. I must fetch his necessaries ashore. Shak.
• INSHORE
  Being near or moving towards the shore; as, inshore fisheries; inshore currents. -- adv.
• ALONGSHOREMAN
  See LONGSHOREMAN