Beach

bēch, n. the shore of the sea or of a lake, esp. when sandy or pebbly: the strand.— v.t. to haul a boat up on the beach.— n. Beach′-comb′er , a long rolling wave: a drunken loafer about the wharfs in Pacific seaports: a settler on a Pacific island who maintains himself by pearl-fishery, and often by le reputable means.— adjs. Beached , having a beach, driven on a beach; Beach′y , pebbly. [Orig. a prov. Eng. word for shingle. The derivation from Ice. bakki , bank, is untenable.]