n. [ OF. coste, F. côte, rib, hill, shore, coast, L. costa rib, side. Cf. Accost, v. t., Cutlet. ]
From the river, the river Euphrates, even to the uttermost sea, shall your coast be. Deut. xi. 24. [ 1913 Webster ]
He sees in English ships the Holland coast. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
We the Arabian coast do know
At distance, when the species blow. Waller. [ 1913 Webster ]
The coast is clear,
Coast guard.
Coast rat (Zool.),
Coast waiter,
v. i.
Anon she hears them chant it lustily,
And all in haste she coasteth to the cry. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
The ancients coasted only in their navigation. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Nearchus, . . . not knowing the compass, was fain to coast that shore. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]
The Indians . . . coasted me along the river. Hakluyt. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of or pertaining to a coast. [ 1913 Webster ]
. A bureau of the United States government charged with the topographic and hydrographic survey of the coast and the execution of belts of primary triangulation and lines of precise leveling in the interior. It now belongs to the Department of Commerce and Labor. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n.
a. Sailing along or near a coast, or running between ports along a coast. [ 1913 Webster ]
Coasting trade,
Coasting vessel,
n.