water-edge

On the morrow, he rose betimes and, shouldering a basket which he had filled in the evening with all manner fruits, repaired before sunrise to the sea-shore, and setting down the crate on the water-edge called out,

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

Turning to the right they were lost to sight from the water-edge.

The Book of Missionary Heroes Basil Mathews

Her physiognomy is not distinguished; _nez camus_, as a Frenchman would say; no illustrious steeple, no imposing tower; the water-edge of the town looking bedraggled, like the flounce of a vulgar rich woman's dress that trails on the sidewalk.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 62, December, 1862 Various

Everything of value on board was taken to the island, even the iron-work of the ship itself being removed, and when the _Bounty_ was reduced to an empty and useless hulk, she was set on fire and burnt to the water-edge, that no passing ship might see any trace of inhabitants on the lonely island where these unhappy men sought to hide themselves.

Famous Islands and Memorable Voyages Anonymous

They slope down to the water-edge in enormous protuberances, resembling billows of frozen lava, intersected by wide sinuous rifts, and present a most interesting field for geological research.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 395, October 24, 1829 Various

The water-edge is faced with a handsome granite pier and steps, the blocks of which are bolted with copper.

Journal of a Voyage to Brazil And Residence There During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823 Maria Graham

He beat his way again, bent, through the wind, to the water-edge now so far in and separate from the ship, and cried out a loud warning.

Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure Neil Munro

He recognized the report of a rifle and whirled from the water-edge, signalling his company with a short neigh of fear; the arch enemy was upon them!

Alcatraz Max Brand 1918

The nearer water-edge was exquisite in its clearness.

The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life Sinclair Lewis 1918

It was curious to note, from the heights of Notre Dame, the multitude of narrow and tortuous streets (now the Quartier Latin), the clusters of houses, spreading helter-skelter in every direction down the steep sides of this hill to the water-edge, some apparently rushing down, others climbing up, and all clinging one to the other.

II. A Bird’s-Eye View of Paris. Book III 1917