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sea-shore

[see-shawr, -shohr] Origin

sea·shore

[see-shawr, -shohr]
noun
1.
land along the sea or ocean.
2.
Law. the ground between the ordinary high-water and low-water marks.

Origin:
1520–30; sea + shore1
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seashore
1526, from sea + shore. Commonly defined in law as the ground between the ordinary high and low water-marks.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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