\Shore\,
imp. of {Shear}. --Chaucer.

\Shore\, n.
A sewer. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

\Shore\, n. [OE. schore; akin to LG. schore, D. schoor,
OD. schoore, Icel. skor?a, and perhaps to E. shear, as being
a piece cut off.]
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.
[Written also {shoar}.]

\Shore\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shored}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Shoring}.] [OE. schoren. See {Shore} a prop.]
To support by a shore or shores; to prop; -- usually with up;
as, to shore up a building.

\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.
      Michael Cassio, Lieutenant to the warlike Moor Othello,
      Is come shore.                           --Shak.
      The fruitful shore of muddy Nile.        --Spenser.
{In shore}, near the shore. --Marryat.
{On shore}. See under {On}.
{Shore birds} (Zo["o]l.), a collective name for the various
   limicoline birds found on the seashore.
{Shore crab} (Zo["o]l.), 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} (Zo["o]l.), 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} (Zo["o]l.), a large-billed Australian plover
   ({Esacus magnirostris}). It lives on the seashore, and
   feeds on crustaceans, etc.
{Shore teetan} (Zo["o]l.), the rock pipit ({Anthus
   obscurus}). [Prov. Eng.]

\Shore\, v. t.
To set on shore. [Obs.] --Shak.