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   Coast , n. [OF. coste, F. côte, rib, hill, shore, coast, L. costa rib, side. Cf. Accost, v. t., Cutlet.]
   The side of a thing. [Obs.]
   Sir I. Newton.
   
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   The exterior line, limit, or border of a country; frontier border. [Obs.]
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   From the river, the river Euphrates, even to the uttermost sea, shall your coast be.
   Deut. xi. 24.
   
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   The seashore, or land near it.
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   He sees in English ships the Holland coast.
   Dryden.
   
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   We the Arabian coast do know
   At distance, when the species blow.
   Waller.
   
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   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 (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.]
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   Coast , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Coasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Coasting.] [OE. costien, costeien, costen, OF. costier, costoier, F. côtoyer, fr. Of. coste coast, F. côte. See Coast, n.]
   To draw or keep near; to approach. [Obs.]
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   Anon she hears them chant it lustily,
   And all in haste she coasteth to the cry.
   Shak.
   
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   To sail by or near the shore.
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   The ancients coasted only in their navigation.
   Arbuthnot.
   
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   To sail from port to port in the same country.
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   [Cf. OF. coste, F. côte, hill, hillside.] To slide down hill; to slide on a sled, upon snow or ice. [Local, U. S.]
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   Coast, v. t.
   To draw near to; to approach; to keep near, or by the side of. [Obs.]
   Hakluyt.
   
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   To sail by or near; to follow the coast line of.
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   Nearchus, . . . not knowing the compass, was fain to coast that shore.
   Sir T. Browne.
   
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   To conduct along a coast or river bank. [Obs.]
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   The Indians . . . coasted me along the river.
   Hakluyt.
   
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