n. The brink of water; the bank or margin of a river, stream, or lake; the sea-shore: sometimes used attributively.
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n. land bordering a body of water
Word Usage
"Now when I would have questioned him further he put me off thus with side answers, until we were come to the waterside, which is called Deptford Creek."