A low level shore.
·noun a memorandum book. II. Table ·noun A circular plate of crown glass. III. Table ·noun The com...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·- imp. of Shear. II. Shore ·vt To set on shore. III. Shore ·- of <<Shear>>. IV. Shore ·noun A <<...
to prop up any thing. North. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
A prop fixed under a ship's sides or bottom, to support her when laid aground or on the stocks. Shor...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·noun A horizontal row of corbels, with the panels or filling between them; also, less properly used...
·add. ·- A table of mortality computed from the experience of one or more life-insurance companies. ...
·add. ·- A style of four-legged table in vogue in England, chiefly in the later Georgian period. ...
·- ·see under Plane, ·adj. ...
·- A common table for guests at a hotel; an <<Ordinary>>. II. Table d'hote ·add. ·- Now, commonly, ...
·add. ·- Typesetting of tabular nmatter, or the type matter set in tabular form. ...
·noun A broad, level, elevated area of land; a plateau. ...
·noun A table showing the notation, length, or duration of the several notes. II. Time-table ·noun ...
·add. ·- The upper limit of the portion of the ground wholly saturated with water. The water table m...
·add. ·- An inclined percussion table, usually with longitudinal grooves in its surface, agitated by...
A fleecy-looking cloud which sometimes covers the "table" or flat top of Table Mountain, at the Cape...
Land which is flat-topped, however it may be raised more or less above the ordinary level of the vic...
An allowance to admirals and senior officers, in addition to their pay, to meet the expenses of thei...
A table which gives the difference of latitude and departure corresponding to a certain course and d...
A steep coast where the water, deepening rapidly, admits the near approach of shipping without the d...
A supporting spar between the cap and the trestle-tree. ...
See ebber ...
A ship is said to be on a lee-shore, when she is near it, with the wind blowing right on to it. ...
That which lies between the shore and the ship when moored. ...
Small boats or wherries plying for hire at sea-ports. ...
Heavy cleats bolted on to the sides of vessels to support the shore-head, and sustain the ship uprig...
A hawser carried out to secure a vessel to a quay, mole, or anchor buried on shore. ...
The same as fringing reef. ...
The shore which lies to windward of a ship. ...
See table-cloth. ...
Those which blow from the offing, and render bays uncomfortable and insecure. ...
To support or raise a thing by putting a spar or prop under it, as a ship is shored up in dock. ...
The sea breaking along the coast. ...
To sail directly for the land. ...