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   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.
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   Michael Cassio,
   Lieutenant to the warlike Moor Othello,
   Is come shore.
   Shak.
   
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   The fruitful shore of muddy Nile.
   Spenser.
   
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   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.]
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