different between ashore vs asthore

English

Etymology

a- +? shore; see also onshore

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?????/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?????/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger)IPA^(key): /???o(?)?/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /???o?/
• Homophone: assure (accents with the pour–poor merger)
• Rhymes: -??(?)

Adverb

ashore (not comparable)

1. (nautical) On the land as opposed to onboard.
   • c. 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act II scene ii^[1]:

     I shall no more to sea, to sea, / Here shall I die ashore— […]

2. (nautical) On, or towards the shore.
   • c. 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act II scene ii:

     Swum ashore, man, like a duck. I can swim like a duck, I'll be sworn.

Usage notes

• When a ship collides with the shore it is said to have run ashore; when a ship collides with a submerged object, such as a reef or sandbar, it is said to have run aground.

Derived terms

• hangashore

Synonyms

• aland

Translations

Anagrams

• ahorse, hearos, hoarse, shoare

Middle English

Etymology

From a- (“on”) +? shore (“a prop; support”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a????r?/

Adverb

ash?re

1. aslant, on a slant

Derived terms

• setten ashore

References

• “ash?re, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

English

Etymology

From Irish Gaelic a ("oh") + stór ("treasure").

Noun

asthore (plural asthores)

1. treasure (as a term of endearment)
   • 1866 Patrick Kennedy, "Jack and His Comrades" in: Legendary Fictions of the Irish Celts

     "Ah, then, Jack asthore," says he [the ass].

   • 1939 James Joyce, Finnegans Wake

     And there she was right enough, that lovely sight enough, the girleen bawn asthore, as for days galore, of planxty Gregory.

Anagrams

• earshot, haroset, soareth, toshear