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Beach, includes land above the high-water mark which is in apparent continuity with the beach at high-water mark, or which possesses a character more akin to the foreshore than the hinterland, Tito v. Waddell, (1977) Ch 106....
Beachy
Having a beach or beaches formed by a beach or beaches shingly...
Marram
A coarse grass found on sandy beaches Ammophila arundinacea See Beach grass under Beach...
Matweed
A name of several maritime grasses as the sea sand reed Ammophila arundinacea which is used in Holland to bind the sand of the seacoast dikes see Beach grass under Beach also the Lygeum Spartum a Mediterranean grass of similar habit...
Orchestian
Any species of amphipod crustacean of the genus Orchestia or family Orchestidaelig See Beach flea under Beach...
Stranding
Stranding, the running of a ship onshore or on a beach. By reason of the memorandum always inserted in policies of insurance (see INSURANCE), it is of the greatest importance to define what is a stranding. On this much diversity of opinion has been entertained. It would appear that merely striking against a rock, bank, or shore is not a stranding; the ship must be upon the rock, etc., for some time....
Sea clam
Any one of the large bivalve mollusks found on the open seacoast especially those of the family Mactridaelig as the common American species Mactra solidissima or Spisula solidissima called also beach clam and surf clam...
Seabeach
A beach lying along the sea...
Playa
A beach a strand in the plains and deserts of Texas New Mexico and Arizona a broad level spot on which subsequently becomes dry by evaporation...
Masoola boat
A kind of boat used on the coast of Madras India The planks are sewed together with strands of coir which cross over a wadding of the same material so that the shock on taking the beach through surf is much reduced...
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