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in shore, ˈin-ˈshore, advb. phr. (a.)
[f. in adv. + shore. Cf. inland adv.]
A. adv. From seaward in towards the shore; close to the shore.
1748Anson's Voy. ii. v. 186 We saw a ship in shore..plying up the coast. Ibid. xi. 251 The two Cutters..were..sent in shore. 1812Sporting Mag. XXXIX. 87 She was..driven inshore by some boats. 1856Kane Arct. Expl. II. xxvi. 267, I determined to keep in-shore, in spite of the barricades of ice. 1884Pae Eustace 80 They went closer inshore.
b. inshore of: Nearer to the shore than (something else); between (something) and the shore.
1859in Merc. Marine Mag. (1860) VII. 49 The Havilah passing in-shore of the Bombay. 1860Maury Phys. Geog. Sea (Low) viii. §397 Inshore of..the Black Stream, along the eastern shores of Asia, is found a..current of cold water. 1876Davis Polaris Exp. v. 110 The Polaris was anchored just inshore of the largest iceberg.
B. attrib. or adj. Lying, situated, or carried on near or close to the shore.
1701in Picton L'pool Munic. Rec. (1883) I. 308 Both..y⊇ inshore and outward ships. Ibid. 309 Those that lay their inshore anchors without buoys. 1798Ld. St. Vincent in Nicolas Nelson's Disp. 11 May (1845) III. 15 You shall also have some choice Fellows of the in-shore Squadron. 1855Cornwall 13 During the month of August..the principal or inshore fishing begins. 1885Times 25 May 9 The in⁓shore waters of the Scotch coast are being overfished.
b. Moving or directed in towards the shore.
1882C. Elton Orig. Eng. Hist. 51 With a high tide and an inshore wind their homes and lives were always in danger of destruction. |