beached

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beached - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Beach \Beach\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Beached (b[=e]cht); p. pr.
     & vb. n. Beaching.]
     To run or drive (as a vessel or a boat) upon a beach; to
     strand; as, to beach a ship.
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  Beached \Beached\ (b[=e]cht), p. p. & a.
     1. Bordered by a beach.
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              The beached verge of the salt flood.  --Shak.
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     2. Driven on a beach; stranded; drawn up on a beach; as, the
        ship is beached.
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