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Coast :: Coast (v. t.) To draw near to; to approach; to keep near, or by the side of..

Tope :: Tope (n.) A small shark or dogfish (Galeorhinus, / Galeus, galeus), native of Europe, but found also on the coasts of California and Tasmania; -- called also toper, oil shark, miller's dog, and penny dog..

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

Coastal :: Coastal (a.) Of or pertaining to a coast.

Caranx :: Caranx (n.) A genus of fishes, common on the Atlantic coast, including the yellow or golden mackerel..

Ripper :: Ripper (n.) One who brings fish from the seacoast to markets in inland towns.

Balsa :: Balsa (n.) A raft or float, used principally on the Pacific coast of South America..

Anabasis :: Anabasis (n.) A journey or expedition up from the coast, like that of the younger Cyrus into Central Asia, described by Xenophon in his work called The Anabasis..

Sea Duck :: Sea duck () Any one of numerous species of ducks which frequent the seacoasts and feed mainly on fishes and mollusks. The scoters, eiders, old squaw, and ruddy duck are examples. They may be distinguished by the lobate hind toe..

Discost :: Discost (v. i.) Same as Discoast.

Hyperborean :: Hyperborean (a.) Northern; belonging to, or inhabiting, a region in very far north; most northern; hence, very cold; fright, as, a hyperborean coast or atmosphere..

Roller :: Roller (n.) One of series of long, heavy waves which roll in upon a coast, sometimes in calm weather..

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..

Botargo :: Botargo (n.) A sort of cake or sausage, made of the salted roes of the mullet, much used on the coast of the Mediterranean as an incentive to drink..

Calabar :: Calabar (n.) A district on the west coast of Africa.

Bight :: Bight (v.) A bend in a coast forming an open bay; as, the Bight of Benin..

Snapper :: Snapper (n.) Any one of several species of large sparoid food fishes of the genus Lutjanus, abundant on the southern coasts of the United States and on both coasts of tropical America..

Sewellel :: Sewellel (n.) A peculiar gregarious burrowing rodent (Haplodon rufus), native of the coast region of the Northwestern United States. It somewhat resembles a muskrat or marmot, but has only a rudimentary tail. Its head is broad, its eyes are small and its fur is brownish above, gray beneath. It constitutes the family Haplodontidae. Called also boomer, showt'l, and mountain beaver..

Counter-courant :: Counter-courant (a.) Running in opposite directions; -- said of animals borne in a coast of arms.

Quicksand :: Quicksand (n.) Sand easily moved or readily yielding to pressure; especially, a deep mass of loose or moving sand mixed with water, sometimes found at the mouth of a river or along some coasts, and very dangerous, from the difficulty of extricating a person who begins sinking into it..

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