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to the ; onto the :
the schooner was driven ash-r-.
on the ; on land rather than at sea or on the water:
the captain has been ash-r- for two hours.
contemporary examples

ash-r- the movie bogs down, but when spielberg gets his camera out to sea all goes swimmingly.
jaws’s anniversary: newsweek’s 1975 review arthur cooper june 19, 2012

historical examples

two-thirds of her crew are drunk, t’other third are ash-r- or sick.
sir henry morgan, buccaneer cyrus townsend brady

the ships were undermanned, for the sailors, too, had been ash-r- feasting.
the trail book mary austin

bananas had been ash-r-, drinking some native spirit, and he was drunk.
the trembling of a leaf william somerset maugham

i was ash-r- every day while the squadron remained in the port.
ned myers james fenimore cooper

one day when she was ash-r- with her mates, they turned into a public-house to have dinner.
the strange story book mrs. andrew lang

there was a stir on the island, while we were in the water, but we all got ash-r-, safe and unseen.
ned myers james fenimore cooper

after the ship had gone down, i strained my eyes through the driving spray, to see whether anything was comin’ ash-r-.
captain january laura e. richards

i was now ash-r-, with two or three months of drift before me.
ned myers james fenimore cooper

coming down the c-mberland on one trip i was too sick to work, and the boat put me ash-r- about twenty miles above clarksville.
steve p. holcombe, the converted gambler rev. gross alexander

adverb
towards or onto land from the water: we swam ash-r-
adjective, adverb (postpositive)
on land, having come from the water: a day ash-r- before sailing
adv.

1580s, “toward the sh-r-,” from a- (1) + sh-r- (n.). meaning “on the sh-r-” is from 1630s. middle english had ash-r- (late 15c.), but it meant “on a slant,” literally “propped up,” from sh-r- (v.).