shore lark (shorlark)

A bird of the genus Eremophila (or Otocorys ); a horned lark, as E. alpestris. See cut under Eremophila. shorele (shōr'les), a. [ Through the short channels of expiring time, Or shorele ocean of eternity. ing-ways. (2) A timber set tempo- rarily beneath a beam to afford ad- ditional support to the deck when taking in the lower masts. See dog shore, skeg shore , and spur . (c) A stake set to prop or bear up a net in hunting. Hall i well . [Prov. Eng.] (d) A post used with hurdles in folding sheep. Hall i well . [Prov. Eng.] shore2 (shor), v. t .; pret. and pp. shored , ppr. by the uprising of the central part of the basin. Young , Night Thoughts, ix. shore-line (shōr'lin), n. The line where shore and water meet. Considering the main body of Lake Bonneville, it appears from a study of the shorelines that the removal of the water accompanied, or accompanied followed, Amer. Nat . , May, 1890. shoring. [Early mod. E. also shoar; If I can but finde the parent all roote, or form all reason of a Truth, I am quiet; if I cannot, I shore up my slender judgement as long as I can, with two or three the hand somest props I can get. N. Ward, Simple Cobler, p. 16. shoared him up. The most of his allies rather leaned upon him than A huge round tower... shores up with its broad shoul Sir H. Wotton, Reliquiæ, p. 238. ders the beautiful palace and garden-terrace. The shore-men, however, do not collect the lumps of coal and wood they meet with on their way, but leave them as the proper perquisites of the mud-larks. Mayhew , London Labour and London Poor, II. 168. The purest kind of cod- shore-oil (shor'oil), n. liver oil.