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Meanings of shoreward in English

(Of winds) coming from the sea toward the land.

Usage of shoreward in English
1
In response to the signals of McGraw, the engine started slowly shoreward.
Out of the Primitive
2
McCoy looked shoreward, where the land was disappearing in the thickening haze.
South Sea Tales
3
We sent the canoes shoreward into the curve where the reeds lay.
Montlivet
4
There was no wrath in the tide, only an irresistible set shoreward.
A Daughter of Fife
5
Its only entrance is at the back, and on the shoreward side.
The Northern Iron
6
Almost immediately the launch, carrying several passengers, again made the trip shoreward.
My Buried Treasure
7
Now I called to Thormod, and his voice answered me from shoreward.
Wulfric the Weapon Thane: A Story of the Danish Conquest of East...
8
And yet-his head was above the water-hewas moving shoreward-hewas struggling-
The Country Beyond: A Romance of the Wilderness
9
Having allowed half an hour to elapse, she dressed and walked shoreward.
The Odd Women
10
Gripping the smatchet between his teeth, the captain began to swim shoreward.
Dogs of war
11
After perhaps a minute's intense gaze shoreward, Bobby leaned over, and whispered,-
Under the Meteor Flag: Log of a Midshipman during the French Rev...
12
The sea appeared to swell as a great rolling comber heaved itself shoreward.
Stonewielder
13
They shook hands, and the seamen started shoreward with the terrier in tow.
Told in the East
14
A northeast wind moved the volume of it shoreward ahead of the ships.
History of the World War: An Authentic Narrative of the World's...
15
The profoundness of Shakespeare seems a shoreward shallow when viewed alongside the Bible.
A Hero and Some Other Folks
16
But the progress shoreward was slow, the progress down-stream amazingly rapid.
The Call of the Wild, White Fang and Other Stories
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