Of a sea or river: To flow over or past (the sand, shore, coast); to beat upon (walls, cliffs, etc.); to touch, adjoin (a town, country, etc.)…

transitive. Of water, a river, a moat, etc.: to surround or bound (a city, fort). Chiefly in passive. Also with about. Obsolete.

To apply water or other liquid to anything so as to wet it all over, or moisten it copiously; to lave… said of the action of a river or the sea…