Word Meanings - STROND - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Strand; beach. Shak.

BEACHY
Having a beach or beaches; formed by a beach or beaches; shingly. The beachy girdle of the ocean. Shak.
BEACH
1. Pebbles, collectively; shingle. 2. The shore of the sea, or of a lake, which is washed by the waves; especially, a sandy or pebbly shore; the strand. Beach flea , the common name of many species of amphipod Crustacea, of the family Orchestidæ,
BEACHED
1. Bordered by a beach. The beached verge of the salt flood. Shak. 2. Driven on a beach; stranded; drawn up on a beach; as, the ship is beached.
STRAND
One of the twists, or strings, as of fibers, wires, etc., of which a rope is composed.
BEACH COMBER
A long, curling wave rolling in from the ocean. See Comber.
SEABEACH
A beach lying along the sea. "The bleak seabeach." Longfellow.
ASTRAND
Stranded. Sir W. Scott.