Obs. [A prep.1 + SHORE = prop, support.] Shore-wise, a-straddle.

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c. 1460.  Russell, Bk. Nurture, in Babees Bk., 136. Ne settynge youre leggis a shore.

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c. 1475[?].  Hunt. Hare, 257. The dogges wer so starke Thei stode aschore when thei schuld barke.

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