beaching

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beaching - 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.
     [1913 Webster]