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Shore
- noun - a beam or timber that is propped against a structure to provide support
- arrive on shore; "The ship landed in Pearl Harbor"
- serve as a shore to; "The river was shored by trees"
- support by placing against something solid or rigid; "shore and buttress an old building"
- the land along the edge of a body of water
Shorn
- adjective - having the hair or wool cut or clipped off as if with shears or clippers; "picked up the baby's shorn curls from the floor"; "naked as a sheared sheep"
Short
- adjective - (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range; "a short memory"
- (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length; "short skirts"; "short hair"; "the board was a foot short"; "a short toss"
- A drink of spirits.
- accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference
- at a disadvantage; "I was caught short"
- at some point or distance before a goal is reached; "he fell short of our expectations"
- cheat someone by not returning him enough money
- clean across; "the car's axle snapped short"
- create a short circuit in
- in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner; "he told me curtly to get on with it"; "he talked short with everyone"; "he said shortly that he didn't like it"
- lacking foresight or scope; "a short view of the problem"; "shortsighted policies"; "shortsighted critics derided the plan"; "myopic thinking"
- less than the correct
Skarn
- unknown - a type of metamorphic rock formed through metasomatism, primarily in carbonate-bearing rocks, where hot, chemically active fluids interact with the surrounding rocks, resulting in distinctive mineral assemblages
Skirl
- noun - make a shrill, wailing sound; "skirling bagpipes"
- play the bagpipes
- the sound of (the chanter of) a bagpipe
Skirr
- - To ramble over in order to clear; to scour.
Skirt
- noun - (Fungi) a remnant of the partial veil that in mature mushrooms surrounds the stem like a collar
- a garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and women
- avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully"
- cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist
- cut of beef
- extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest surrounds my property"
- form the edge of
- informal terms for a (young) woman
- pass around or about; move along the border; "The boat skirted the coast"