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Crawl :: Crawl (n.) A pen or inclosure of stakes and hurdles on the seacoast, for holding fish..

Bise :: Bise (n.) A cold north wind which prevails on the northern coasts of the Mediterranean and in Switzerland, etc.; -- nearly the same as the mistral..

Discoast :: Discoast (v. i.) To depart; to quit the coast (that is, the side or border) of anything; to be separated..

Coast :: Coast (v. t.) The exterior line, limit, or border of a country; frontier border..

Cabotage :: Cabotage (n.) Navigation along the coast; the details of coast pilotage.

Socotrine :: Socotrine (a.) Of or pertaining to Socotra, an island in the Indian Ocean, on the east coast of Africa..

Whelk :: Whelk (n.) Any one numerous species of large marine gastropods belonging to Buccinum and allied genera; especially, Buccinum undatum, common on the coasts both of Europe and North America, and much used as food in Europe..

Coaster :: Coaster (n.) One who sails near the shore.

Eschscholtzia :: Eschscholtzia (n.) A genus of papaveraceous plants, found in California and upon the west coast of North America, some species of which produce beautiful yellow, orange, rose-colored, or white flowers; the California poppy..

Capelin :: Capelin (n.) A small marine fish (Mallotus villosus) of the family Salmonidae, very abundant on the coasts of Greenland, Iceland, Newfoundland, and Alaska. It is used as a bait for the cod..

Siren :: Siren (n.) One of three sea nymphs, -- or, according to some writers, of two, -- said to frequent an island near the coast of Italy, and to sing with such sweetness that they lured mariners to destruction..

Malacca :: Malacca (n.) A town and district upon the seacoast of the Malay Peninsula.

Bonito :: Bonito (n.) The skipjack (Sarda Mediterranea) of the Atlantic, an important and abundant food fish on the coast of the United States, and (S. Chilensis) of the Pacific, and other related species. They are large and active fishes, of a blue color with black oblique stripes..

Padrone :: Padrone (n.) The master of a small coaster in the Mediterranean.

Sea Gull :: Sea gull () Any gull living on the seacoast.

Thresher :: Thresher (n.) A large and voracious shark (Alopias vulpes), remarkable for the great length of the upper lobe of its tail, with which it beats, or thrashes, its prey. It is found both upon the American and the European coasts. Called also fox shark, sea ape, sea fox, slasher, swingle-tail, and thrasher shark..

Samphire :: Samphire (n.) A fleshy, suffrutescent, umbelliferous European plant (Crithmum maritimum). It grows among rocks and on cliffs along the seacoast, and is used for pickles..

Botany Bay :: Botany Bay () A harbor on the east coast of Australia, and an English convict settlement there; -- so called from the number of new plants found on its shore at its discovery by Cook in 1770..

Devilfish :: Devilfish (n.) A huge ray (Manta birostris / Cephaloptera vampyrus) of the Gulf of Mexico and Southern Atlantic coasts. Several other related species take the same name. See Cephaloptera.

Coast :: Coast (n.) To slide down hill; to slide on a sled, upon snow or ice..

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