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COAST, n.

1. The exterior line, limit or border of a country, as in Scripture. From the river to the uttermost sea shall your coast be. Deut. 11. And ships shall come from the coast of Chittim. Numb. 24. Hence the word may signify the whole country within certain limits. Ex. 10:4.

2. The edge or margin of the land next to the sea; the sea-shore. This is the more common application of the word; and it seems to be used for sea-coast, the border of the sea. Hence it is never used for the bank of a river.

3. A side; applied to objects indefinitely, by Bacon and Newton. This is a correct use of the word, but now obsolete.

4. The country near the sea-shore; as, populous towns along the coast.

The coast is clear, is a proverbial phrase signifying, the danger is over; the enemies have marched off, or left the coast.

COAST, v.i.

1. To sail near a coast; to sail by or near the shore, or in sight of land.

The ancients coasted only in their navigation.

2. To sail from port to port in the same country.

COAST, v.t.

1. To sail by or near to; as, to coast the American shore.

2. To draw near; to approach; to follow.


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COAST, n.

1. The exterior line, limit or border of a country, as in Scripture. From the river to the uttermost sea shall your coast be. Deut. 11. And ships shall come from the coast of Chittim. Numb. 24. Hence the word may signify the whole country within certain limits. Ex. 10:4.

2. The edge or margin of the land next to the sea; the sea-shore. This is the more common application of the word; and it seems to be used for sea-coast, the border of the sea. Hence it is never used for the bank of a river.

3. A side; applied to objects indefinitely, by Bacon and Newton. This is a correct use of the word, but now obsolete.

4. The country near the sea-shore; as, populous towns along the coast.

The coast is clear, is a proverbial phrase signifying, the danger is over; the enemies have marched off, or left the coast.

COAST, v.i.

1. To sail near a coast; to sail by or near the shore, or in sight of land.

The ancients coasted only in their navigation.

2. To sail from port to port in the same country.

COAST, v.t.

1. To sail by or near to; as, to coast the American shore.

2. To draw near; to approach; to follow.

COAST, n. [L. costa, a rib, side or coast; W. côst; Fr. côte for coste; It. costa; Sp. costa; Port. id.; D. kust; G. küste. Hence to accost. See Class Gs, No. 18, 25, 67. The word properly signifies a side, limit, border, the exterior part, from extension.]

  1. The exterior line, limit, or border of a country, as in Scripture: “From the river to the uttermost sea shall your coast be.” – Deut. xi. “And ships shall come from the coast of Chittim.” – Numb. xxiv. Hence the word may signify the whole country within certain limits. – Ex. x. 4.
  2. The edge or margin of the land next to the sea; the sea-shore. This is the more common application of the word; and it seems to be used for sea-coast, the border of the sea. Hence it is never used for the bank of a river.
  3. A side; applied to objects indefinitely, by Bacon and Newton. This is a correct use of the word, but now obsolete.
  4. The country near the sea-shore; as, populous towns along the coast. The coast is clear, is a proverbial phrase signifying, the danger is over; the enemies have marched off, or left the coast. – Dryden.

COAST, v.i.

  1. To sail near a coast; to sail by or near the shore, or in sight of land. The ancients coasted only in their navigation. – Arbuthnot.
  2. To sail from port to port in the same country.

COAST, v.t.

  1. To sail by or near to; as, to coast the American shore.
  2. To draw near; to approach; to follow. [Obs.] – Spenser.

Coast
  1. The side of a thing.

    [Obs.] Sir I. Newton.
  2. To draw or keep near; to approach.

    [Obs.]

    Anon she hears them chant it lustily,
    And all in haste she coasteth to the cry.
    Shak.

  3. To draw near to; to approach; to keep near, or by the side of.

    [Obs.] Hakluyt.
  4. 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.
    Deut. xi. 24.

  5. To sail by or near the shore.

    The ancients coasted only in their navigation.
    Arbuthnot.

  6. To sail by or near; to follow the coast line of.

    Nearchus, . . . not knowing the compass, was fain to coast that shore.
    Sir T. Browne.

  7. The seashore, or land near it.

    He sees in English ships the Holland coast.
    Dryden.

    We the Arabian coast do know
    At distance, when the species blow.
    Waller.

    The coast is clear, the danger is over; no enemy in sight. Dryden. Fig.: There are no obstacles. "Seeing that the coast was clear, Zelmane dismissed Musidorus." Sir P. Sidney. -- 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 (Zoöl.), 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.]

  8. To sail from port to port in the same country.
  9. To conduct along a coast or river bank.

    [Obs.]

    The Indians . . . coasted me along the river.
    Hakluyt.

  10. To slide down hill; to slide on a sled, upon snow or ice.

    [Local, U. S.]
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Coast

COAST, noun

1. The exterior line, limit or border of a country, as in Scripture. From the river to the uttermost sea shall your coast be. Deuteronomy 11:24. And ships shall come from the coast of Chittim. Numbers 24:24. Hence the word may signify the whole country within certain limits. Exodus 10:4.

2. The edge or margin of the land next to the sea; the sea-shore. This is the more common application of the word; and it seems to be used for sea-coast, the border of the sea. Hence it is never used for the bank of a river.

3. A side; applied to objects indefinitely, by Bacon and Newton. This is a correct use of the word, but now obsolete.

4. The country near the sea-shore; as, populous towns along the coast

The coast is clear, is a proverbial phrase signifying, the danger is over; the enemies have marched off, or left the coast

COAST, verb intransitive

1. To sail near a coast; to sail by or near the shore, or in sight of land.

The ancients coasted only in their navigation.

2. To sail from port to port in the same country.

COAST, verb transitive

1. To sail by or near to; as, to coast the American shore.

2. To draw near; to approach; to follow.

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