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A shrubby plant (Coccoloba uvifera) growing on the sandy shores of tropical America, somewhat resembling the grapevine.

A low perennial plant (Frankenia lævis) resembling heath, growing along the seashore in Europe.

An evergeen seashore plant (Eryngium maritimum). See Eryngium.

Land which borders on the sea; the seashore. Shak. You are near the sea marge of a land teeming with life. J. Burroughs.

A low, fleshy perennial herb (Glaux maritima) found along northern seashores.

A rich slimy deposit in salt marshes and along the seashore, sometimes used as a manure; -- called also sea ooze.

A port on the seashore, or one accessible for seagoing vessels. Also used adjectively; as, a seaport town.

Room or space at sea for a vessel to maneuver, drive, or scud, without peril of running ashore or aground. Totten.

The seashore; seacoast. Ld. Berners.

The shore or border of the land adjacent to the sea or ocean. Also used adjectively.

The land bordering on, or adjacent to, the sea; the seashore. Also used adjectively.

loats. It hangs vertically in the water, and when its ends are brought together or drawn ashore incloses the fish. Seine boat, a boat specially constructed to carry and pay out a seine.

A turn or change in a course. Give the canoe a sheer and get nearer to the shore. Cooper.

A large anchor stowed on shores outside the waist of a vessel; -- called also waist anchor. See the Note under Anchor.

Abounding with shells; consisting of shells, or of a shell. "The shelly shore." Prior. Shrinks backward in his shelly cave. Shak.

To incline gradually; to be slopping; as, the bottom shelves from the shore.

Sloping gradually; inclining; as, a shelving shore. Shak. "Shelving arches." Addison.

Sloping gradually; shelving. The shore was shelving and shallow. Shak.

oose gravel and pebbles, or a collection of roundish stones, such as are common on the seashore and elsewhere.

The breaking in pieces, or shattering, of a ship or other vessel by being cast ashore or driven against rocks, shoals, etc., by the violence of the winds and waves.