Definition of Shoran

1. a type of navigational system [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shoran

shoptalks
shopwalker
shopwalkers
shopward
shopwards
shopway
shopways
shopwindow
shopwindows
shopwoman
shopwomen
shopworker
shopworkers
shopworn
shorage
shoran (current term)
shorans
shore
shore bird
shore boulder
shore bug
shore cod
shore crab
shore crabs
shore dinner
shore dotterel
shore duty
shore fly
shore lark
shore leave

Literary usage of Shoran

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Notes on Shippo: A Sequel to Japanese Enamels by James Lord Bowes (1895)
"This ware is referred to in a book, quoted in Kiyu shoran, ... Kikoku-yo," and the writer of Kiyu shoran says that this ware is probably shippo nagashi. ..."

2. The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut [1636-1776] by Connecticut, Connecticut General Assembly, Connecticut Council, Council of Safety (Conn.)., James Hammond Trumbull, Charles Jeremy Hoadly (1881)
"Upon the memorial of Tom Sherman and Eunice shoran his wife, and Sarah shoran, Indians belonging to ..."

3. A History of the Old Town of Stratford and the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut by Samuel Orcutt (1886)
"... remained in force nearly one hundred years, or until October, 1763, when three Indians—Tom Sherman, Eunice shoran his wife, and Sarah shoran, ..."

4. History of the Indians of Connecticut from the Earliest Known Period to 1850 by John William De Forest (1851)
"Soon afterwards, [1763] John Sherman, Eunice shoran, and Sarah shoran, stated their wrongs to the Assembly, and asked that they might be righted, ..."

5. History of the Indians of Connecticut from the Earliest Known Period to 1850 by John William De Forest (1853)
"Soon afterwards, [1763] John Sherman, Eunice shoran, and Sarah shoran, stated their wrongs to the Assembly, and asked that they might be righted, ..."

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