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Definition of Shorewards
1. shoreward [n] - See also: shoreward
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shorewards
Literary usage of Shorewards
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Waves of the Sea and Other Water Waves by Vaughan Cornish (1910)
"CHAPTER V On the depth to which wave-agitation extends, and on the transport of
fine mud—The action of waves to drive shingle shorewards—The effect of ..."
2. The Fisheries Exhibition Literature (1884)
"The movements are both ; general, more or less fortuitous, and without destined
purpose except as relates to the acquisition of food, and special shorewards ..."
3. The Canadian Monthly and National Review by William White, Graeme Mercer Adam, George Stewart (1875)
"The flood current, pressing shorewards during the rise, is of * United States
Coast Survey, 1869. vast importance in connection with the action of ice, ..."
4. The Canadian Monthly and National Review by William White (1875)
"The flood current pressing shorewards during the rise, is 0 * United States Coast
Survey, 1869. past importance in connection with the acion of ice, ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"... of 70* instead of 76° shorewards to ensure greater stability, that the
superstructure was made ло ft. in width instead of 24 ft. ..."
6. Report of the Annual Meeting (1845)
"This accounts for the phenomenon of breakers transporting shingle and wreck, and
other substances shorewards after a certain point ; at a great distance ..."
7. Popular Geology: A Series of Lectures Read Before the Philosophical by Hugh Miller, Harriet Myrtle (1860)
"The deep-sea shells propelled shorewards by the agency of tides and waves are
ground down by the action of the surf against the rocks. ..."
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