What does shory mean?
Shory means (obsolete, rare) Lying near the shore..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(obsolete, rare) Lying near the shore..
And that as firme as any brazen wall / And more then rocks vpon the shorie sandes
[…]at the same time were made the shory Rocks and Mountains which are the bars and boundaries of the Sea.
The marsh was purpled with his clotted blood / He lay outstretched upon the shory mud
Use shory when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Shory means (obsolete, rare) Lying near the shore..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
And that as firme as any brazen wall / And more then rocks vpon the shorie sandes
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