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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 + shore 1
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sea·shore   (sē'shôr', -shōr')   
n.  
  1. Land by the sea.

  2. Law Ground lying between high-water and low-water marks; the foreshore.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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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, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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