The Collaborative International Dictionary
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["o]l.), a collective name for the various limicoline birds found on the seashore.
Shore crab (Zo["o]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["o]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["o]l.), a large-billed Australian plover ( Esacus magnirostris). It lives on the seashore, and feeds on crustaceans, etc.
Shore teetan (Zo["o]l.), the rock pipit ( Anthus obscurus). [Prov. Eng.]
Usage examples of "in shore".
She pulled it out, shook it loose of the pouch, then realized she was still in shore uniform.
Hither we beat in three tacks, and came to an anchor close in shore, in the first smooth water since we had left San Francisco, five fathoms deep, where a man might look overboard all day at the vanishing cable, the coral patches, and the many- coloured fish.
The water is always calm and beautifully clear, and a good-sized vessel can be moored so close in shore than a man may leap from her stern to the beach.