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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Shore  \Shore\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Shored};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Shoring}.]  [OE.  schoren  See  {Shore}  a  prop.] 
  To  support  by  a  shore  or  shores;  to  prop;  --  usually  with  up 
  as  to  shore  up  a  building. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Shoring  \Shor"ing\,  n. 
  1.  The  act  of  supporting  or  strengthening  with  a  prop  or 
  shore. 
 
  2.  A  system  of  props;  props,  collectively. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  shoring 
  n  :  the  act  of  propping  up  with  shores  [syn:  {shoring  up},  {propping 
  up}] 




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