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Frippery :: Frippery (n.) Coast-off clothes.

Coastways :: Coastways (adv.) By way of, or along, the coast..

Barbiers :: Barbiers (n.) A variety of paralysis, peculiar to India and the Malabar coast; -- considered by many to be the same as beriberi in chronic form..

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..

Smack :: Smack (n.) A small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade..

Guinea :: Guinea (n.) A district on the west coast of Africa (formerly noted for its export of gold and slaves) after which the Guinea fowl, Guinea grass, Guinea peach, etc., are named..

Brigandine :: Brigandine (n.) A coast of armor for the body, consisting of scales or plates, sometimes overlapping each other, generally of metal, and sewed to linen or other material. It was worn in the Middle Ages..

Butterfish :: Butterfish (n.) A name given to several different fishes, in allusion to their slippery coating of mucus, as the Stromateus triacanthus of the Atlantic coast, the Epinephelus punctatus of the southern coast, the rock eel, and the kelpfish of New Zealand..

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..

Alongshore :: Alongshore (adv.) Along the shore or coast.

Wrymouth :: Wrymouth (n.) Any one of several species of large, elongated, marine fishes of the genus Cryptacanthodes, especially C. maculatus of the American coast. A whitish variety is called ghostfish..

Seaboard :: Seaboard (a.) Bordering upon, or being near, the sea; seaside; seacoast; as, a seaboard town..

Moor :: Moor (n.) One of a mixed race inhabiting Morocco, Algeria, Tunis, and Tripoli, chiefly along the coast and in towns..

Pilchard :: Pilchard (n.) A small European food fish (Clupea pilchardus) resembling the herring, but thicker and rounder. It is sometimes taken in great numbers on the coast of England..

Northwest :: Northwest (a.) Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the point between the north and west; being in the northwest; toward the northwest, or coming from the northwest; as, the northwest coast..

Skimmer :: Skimmer (n.) Any species of longwinged marine birds of the genus Rhynchops, allied to the terns, but having the lower mandible compressed and much longer than the upper one. These birds fly rapidly along the surface of the water, with the lower mandible immersed, thus skimming out small fishes. The American species (R. nigra) is common on the southern coasts of the United States. Called also scissorbill, and shearbill..

Lighthouse :: Lighthouse (n.) A tower or other building with a powerful light at top, erected at the entrance of a port, or at some important point on a coast, to serve as a guide to mariners at night; a pharos..

Philistine :: Philistine (n.) A native or an inhabitant of ancient Philistia, a coast region of southern Palestine..

Pilotage :: Pilotage (n.) The pilot's skill or knowledge, as of coasts, rocks, bars, and channels..

Lance Fish :: Lance fish () A slender marine fish of the genus Ammodytes, especially Ammodytes tobianus of the English coast; -- called also sand lance..

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