Definition of coast

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Coast (n.) To draw or keep near; to approach.

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Gaper :: Gaper (n.) A large edible clam (Schizothaerus Nuttalli), of the Pacific coast; -- called also gaper clam..
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..
Filibuster :: Filibuster (n.) A lawless military adventurer, especially one in quest of plunder; a freebooter; -- originally applied to buccaneers infesting the Spanish American coasts, but introduced into common English to designate the followers of Lopez in his expedition to Cuba in 1851, and those of Walker in his expedition to Nicaragua, in 1855..
Cunner :: Cunner (n.) A small edible fish of the Atlantic coast (Ctenolabrus adspersus); -- called also chogset, burgall, blue perch, and bait stealer..
Calabar :: Calabar (n.) A district on the west coast of Africa.
Cephaloptera :: Cephaloptera (n.) One of the generic names of the gigantic ray (Manta birostris), known as devilfish and sea devil. It is common on the coasts of South Carolina, Florida, and farther south. Some of them grow to enormous size, becoming twenty feet of more across the body, and weighing more than a ton..
Counter-salient :: Counter-salient (a.) Leaping from each other; -- said of two figures on a coast of arms.
Balearic :: Balearic (a.) Of or pertaining to the isles of Majorca, Minorca, Ivica, etc., in the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Valencia..
Lenni-lenape :: Lenni-Lenape (n. pl.) A general name for a group of Algonquin tribes which formerly occupied the coast region of North America from Connecticut to Virginia. They included the Mohicans, Delawares, Shawnees, and several other tribes..
Coast :: Coast (v. t.) The side of a thing.
Water Hare :: Water hare () A small American hare or rabbit (Lepus aquaticus) found on or near the southern coasts of the United States; -- called also water rabbit, and swamp hare..
Embiotocoid :: Embiotocoid (n.) One of a family of fishes (Embiotocidae) abundant on the coast of California, remarkable for being viviparous; -- also called surf fishes and viviparous fishes. See Illust. in Append..
Seacoast :: Seacoast (n.) The shore or border of the land adjacent to the sea or ocean. Also used adjectively.
Coast :: Coast (n.) To slide down hill; to slide on a sled, upon snow or ice..
Bight :: Bight (v.) A bend in a coast forming an open bay; as, the Bight of Benin..
Croaker :: Croaker (n.) A small American fish (Micropogon undulatus), of the Atlantic coast..
Rivage :: Rivage (n.) A bank, shore, or coast..
Tonguefish :: Tonguefish (n.) A flounder (Symphurus plagiusa) native of the southern coast of the United States.
Sea Thongs :: Sea thongs () A kind of blackish seaweed (Himanthalia lorea) found on the northern coasts of the Atlantic. It has a thonglike forking process rising from a top-shaped base.
Coaster :: Coaster (n.) A vessel employed in sailing along a coast, or engaged in the coasting trade..
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