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Coast   /koʊst/   Listen
noun
Coast  n.  
1.
The side of a thing. (Obs.)
2.
The exterior line, limit, or border of a country; frontier border. (Obs.) "From the river, the river Euphrates, even to the uttermost sea, shall your coast be."
3.
The seashore, or land near it. "He sees in English ships the Holland coast." "We the Arabian coast do know At distance, when the species blow."
The coast is clear, the danger is over; no enemy in sight. Fig.: There are no obstacles. "Seeing that the coast was clear, Zelmane dismissed Musidorus."
Coast guard.
(a)
A body of men originally employed along the coast to prevent smuggling; now, under the control of the admiralty, drilled as a naval reserve. (Eng.)
(b)
The force employed in life-saving stations along the seacoast. (U. S.)
Coast rat (Zool.), a South African mammal (Bathyergus suillus), about the size of a rabbit, remarkable for its extensive burrows; called also sand mole.
Coast waiter, a customhouse officer who superintends the landing or shipping of goods for the coast trade. (Eng.)



verb
Coast  v. t.  
1.
To draw near to; to approach; to keep near, or by the side of. (Obs.)
2.
To sail by or near; to follow the coast line of. "Nearchus,... not knowing the compass, was fain to coast that shore."
3.
To conduct along a coast or river bank. (Obs.) "The Indians... coasted me along the river."



Coast  v. i.  (past & past part. coasted; pres. part. coasting)  
1.
To draw or keep near; to approach. (Obs.) "Anon she hears them chant it lustily, And all in haste she coasteth to the cry."
2.
To sail by or near the shore. "The ancients coasted only in their navigation."
3.
To sail from port to port in the same country.
4.
To slide down hill; to slide on a sled, upon snow or ice. (Local, U. S.)






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... on the East Coast, found the winter resorts already overcrowded. Relays and consignments of fashion arrived and departed on every train; the permanent winter colony, composed of those who owned or rented villas and those who remained for the three months ...
— The Firing Line • Robert W. Chambers

... Macauly, the former governor of Sierra Leone, who introduced them to the Duke of Gloucester. They met everywhere with Christian sympathy, and the kindest offers of service. Having obtained letters to the governors of colonies in Africa, they left England for the west coast, ...
— A Story of One Short Life, 1783 to 1818 - [Samuel John Mills] • Elisabeth G. Stryker

... as her childhood lasted, and rather than break her word, she would have gone to Siberia— or to Enville Court. In Barbara's eyes, there would have been very little choice between the two places. Enville Court lay on the sea-coast, and Barbara abhorred the sea, on which her only brother and Walter Avery had died: it was in Lancashire, which she looked upon as a den of witches, and an arid desert bare of all the comforts of life; it was a long way from ...
— Clare Avery - A Story of the Spanish Armada • Emily Sarah Holt

... breakfast, for more than one reason, and were glad to get on deck, where we found Gunson talking with the skipper, or I should say Gunson talking, and the old captain rolling an eye, or giving a short nod now and then. Away to our right lay the coast of California, with its pale-coloured bare-looking cliffs appearing anything but attractive; and as we tossed about in the little schooner, I could not help thinking how different it was to the great clipper-ship in which we ...
— To The West • George Manville Fenn

... no answer to this remark, but, halting abruptly, planted Nicholas with his back to some area railings, and gave him to understand that he was to wait there, without moving hand or foot, until it was satisfactorily ascertained that the coast was clear. This done, Noggs limped away with great alacrity; looking over his shoulder every instant, to make quite certain that Nicholas was obeying his directions; and, ascending the steps of a house some half-dozen doors off, ...
— The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby • Charles Dickens


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