shorewards

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"Good luck, old man!" said Fuller earnestly, The three airmen shook hands with the skipper, and dropping into the whaler were rowed shorewards.

From Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)

This chasm commences about 15 miles from land and is shaped like a V, with the narrow end shorewards.

From West African studies by Kingsley, Mary Henrietta

Harry cast his eyes shorewards, the breakers were thundering on the beach, but no one was visible except a solitary armed Arab.

From Harry Milvaine The Wanderings of a Wayward Boy by Stables, Gordon

Charley Bo Yip's head popped out of the galley door; and the guards all stared shorewards.

From Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story by Springer, Norman

Somebody was baling furiously, two men tugged and thrust, Spanish fashion, at every oar, and they reeled away shorewards with the water lapping into her.

From The Dust of Conflict by Bindloss, Harold