coast

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• Coast

  ·vt The side of a thing. II. Coast ·noun To sail by or near the shore. III. Coast ·vt The seashore...

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• coast

  The sea-shore and the adjoining country; in fact, the sea-front of the land. (See shore.) ...

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• Coast

  border, with no more reference to lands bordering on the sea than to any other bordering lands. ...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• coast-blockade

  A body of men formerly under the jurisdiction of the Customs, termed Preventive Service, offering a ...

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• coast-waiter

  Custom-house superintendents of the landing and shipping of goods coastways. ...

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• coast-warning

  Synonymous with storm-signal; formerly fire-beacons were used to give warning of the approach of an ...

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• foul coast

  One beset with reefs and breakers, offering dangerous impediments to navigation. ...

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• sea-coast

  , or sea-bord. The shore of any country, or that part which is washed by the sea. ...

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• laburnum, sea-coast

  n. also called GoldenChain, Sophora tomentosa, Linn., N.O.Leguminosae; a tall, hoary shrub. ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• Coast and Geodetic Survey

  ·add. ·- A bureau of the United States government charged with the topographic and hydrographic surv...

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• curve of the coast

  When the shore alternately recedes and projects gradually, so as to trend towards a curve shape. ...

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• run down a coast, to

  To sail along it, keeping parallel to or skirting its dangers. ...

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