3. To sail from port to port in the same country.
4. Etym: [Cf. OF. coste, F. côte, hill, hillside.]
Defn: To slide down hill; to slide on a sled, upon snow or ice.
[Local, U. S.]
COAST
Coast, v. t.
1. To draw near to; to approach; to keep near, or by the side of. [Obs.] Hakluyt.
2. To sail by or near; to follow the coast line of. Nearchus, . . . not knowing the compass, was fain to coast that shore. Sir T. Browne.
3. To conduct along a coast or river bank. [Obs.] The Indians . . . coasted me along the river. Hakluyt.
COASTAL
Coast"al, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to a cast.
COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY
Coast and Geodetic Survey.