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a
1. art. One; any indefinite example of; used to denote a singular item of a group.
There was a man here looking for you yesterday.
2. art. Used in conjunction with the adjectives score, dozen, hundred, thousand, and million, as a function word.
I've seen it happen a hundred times.
3. art. One certain or particular; any single.Brown, Lesley, (2003)
We've received an interesting letter from a Mrs. Miggins of London.
4. art. The same; one.
We are of a mind on matters of morals.
5. art. Any, every; used before a noun which has become modified to limit its scope; also used with a negative to indicate not a single one.Lindberg, Christine A. (2007)
A man who dies intestate leaves his children troubles and difficulties.
He fell all that way, and hasn't a bump on his head?
6. art. Used before plural nouns modified by few, good many, couple, great many, etc.
7. art. Someone or something like; similar to; Used before a proper noun to create an example out of it.
The center of the village was becoming a Times Square.
8. prep. (archaic) To do with position or direction; In, on, at, by, towards, onto.
Stand a tiptoe.
9. prep. To do with separation; In, into.
Torn a pieces.
10. prep. To do with time; Each, per, in, on, by.
I brush my teeth twice a day.
11. prep. (obsolete) To do with method; In, with.
12. prep. (obsolete) To do with role or capacity; In.
A God’s name.
13. prep. To do with status; In.
King James Bible (II Chronicles 2:18)
To set the people a worke.
14. prep. (archaic) To do with process, with a passive verb; In the course of, experiencing.
1964, Bob Dylan, The Times They Are a-Changin’
The times, they are a-changin'.
15. prep. (archaic) To do with an action, an active verb; Engaged in.
1611, King James Bible, Hebrews 11-21
Jacob, when he was a dying
16. prep. (archaic) To do with an action/movement; To, into.
17. v. (archaic, or slang) Have.
I'd a come, if you'd a asked.
18. pron. (obsolete, outside, England, and Scotland dialects) He.
19. interj. A meaningless syllable; ah.
20. prep. (archaic, slang) Of.
The name of John a Gaunt.
21. adv. (chiefly Scotland) All.
22. adj. (chiefly Scotland) All.
shore
1. n. Land adjoining a non-flowing body of water, such as an ocean, lake or pond.
lake shore; bay shore; gulf shore; island shore; mainland shore; river shore; estuary shore; pond shore;
2. n. (from the perspective of one on a body of water) Land, usually near a port.
The seamen were serving on shore instead of in ships.
The passengers signed up for shore tours.
3. v. (obsolete) To set on shore.
4. n. A prop or strut supporting the weight or flooring above it.
The shores stayed upright during the earthquake.
5. v. (transitive, without up) To provide with support.
6. v. (usually with up) To reinforce (something at risk of failure).
My family shored me up after I failed the GED.
The workers were shoring up the dock after part of it fell into the water.
7. v. simple past tense of shear
8. n. (Obsolete except in Hiberno-English) A sewer.
9. v. (Scotland, archaic) To warn or threaten.
10. v. (Scotland, archaic) To offer.
shear
1. v. To cut, originally with a sword or other bladed weapon, now usually with shears, or as if using shears.
2. v. To remove the fleece from a sheep etc by clipping.
3. v. (physics) To deform because of forces pushing in opposite directions.
4. v. (Scotland) To reap, as grain.
5. v. (figurative) To deprive of property; to fleece.
6. n. A cutting tool similar to scissors, but often larger.
7. n. The act of shearing, or something removed by shearing.
8. n. (physics) Forces that push in opposite directions.
9. n. (geology) The response of a rock to deformation usually by compressive stress, resulting in particular textures.
10. adj. misspelling of sheer

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