beach

t. [From beach, s. (q.v.).] To run, drive, or drag upon a beach. (Used specially of boats, or of leaky and sinking ve els, or of ve els which have sunk in a river and are impeding navigation. Thus the ill-fated Prince Alice steamboat, sunk in the Thames in a collision with the By well Castle, on the 3rd of September, 1878, was said to be "beached" when her broken hull was hauled or driven ashore. beaçhed, pa. par. & a. [BEACH, v.] As participial adjective. Spec.: Exposed to the action of the waves on a beach. "Upon the beached verge of the salt flood." Shakesp.: Timon, v. 1. beach'-ing, pr . par ., a., & s. [BEACH, V.] A. & B. As participle & participial adjective: In a sense corresponding to that of the verb. C. As substantive: The act or operation of running a leaky ve el on the beach, or of hauling a ship or boat up upon the beach to repair her, or to afford her shelter till the time arrives for her again putting to sea.