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Shore
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imp. of Shear.
Shore
n.
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A sewer.
Shore
n.
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A prop, as a timber, placed as a brace or support against the side of a building or other structure; a prop placed beneath anything, as a beam, to prevent it from sinking or sagging.
Shored
imp. & p. p.
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of Shore
Shoring
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Shore
Shore
v. t.
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To support by a shore or shores; to prop; -- usually with up; as, to shore up a building.
Shore
v. t.
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The coast or land adjacent to a large body of water, as an ocean, lake, or large river.
Shoreless
a.
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Having no shore or coast; of indefinite or unlimited extent; as, a shoreless ocean.
Shoreling
n.
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See Shorling.
Shorer
n.
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One who, or that which, shores or props; a prop; a shore.
Shoreward
adv.
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Toward the shore.
Shoring
n.
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The act of supporting or strengthening with a prop or shore.
Shoring
n.
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A system of props; props, collectively.
Shorl
a.
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Alt. of Shorlaceous
Shorlaceous
a.
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See Schorl, Schorlaceous.
Shorling
n.
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The skin of a sheen after the fleece is shorn off, as distinct from the morling, or skin taken from the dead sheep; also, a sheep of the first year's shearing.
Shorling
n.
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A person who is shorn; a shaveling; hence, in contempt, a priest.
Shorn
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p. p. of Shear.
Short
superl.
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Not long; having brief length or linear extension; as, a short distance; a short piece of timber; a short flight.
Short
superl.
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Not extended in time; having very limited duration; not protracted; as, short breath.
Short
superl.
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Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty; as, a short supply of provisions, or of water.
Short
superl.
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Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied; scantily furnished; lacking; not coming up to a resonable, or the ordinary, standard; -- usually with of; as, to be short of money.
Short
superl.
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Deficient; defective; imperfect; not coming up, as to a measure or standard; as, an account which is short of the trith.
Short
superl.
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Not distant in time; near at hand.
Short
superl.
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Limited in intellectual power or grasp; not comprehensive; narrow; not tenacious, as memory.
Short
superl.
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Less important, efficaceous, or powerful; not equal or equivalent; less (than); -- with of.
Short
superl.
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Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant; as, he gave a short answer to the question.
Short
superl.
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Breaking or crumbling readily in the mouth; crisp; as, short pastry.
Short
superl.
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Brittle.
Short
superl.
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Engaging or engaged to deliver what is not possessed; as, short contracts; to be short of stock. See The shorts, under Short, n., and To sell short, under Short, adv.