bump-ashore

Running stem-on to a beach or bank. A ship bumps by the action of the waves lifting and dropping her on the bottom when she is aground.

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Ashore
·adv On shore or on land; on the land adjacent to water; to the shore; to the land; aground (when ap...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
ashore
Aground, on land. To go ashore, to disembark from a boat. Opposed to aboard. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
Bump
·noun A thump; a heavy blow. II. Bump ·noun The noise made by the bittern. III. Bump ·noun A swell...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
go-ashore
n. an iron pot or cauldron, withthree iron feet, and two ears, from which it was suspended bya wire...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
butter-bump
a bittern. S. Called in the North a MIRE-DRUM. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
bitter-bump
A north-country name for the bittern. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
bottle-bump
The bittern, so called on our east coast. ...

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bump, to
To bump a boat, is to pull astern of her in another, and insultingly or inimically give her the stem...

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butter-bump
A name of the bittern in the north. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
go ashore, to
To land on leave. ...

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