ACCOAST

Etymology

Verb

accoast (third-person singular simple present accoasts, present participle accoasting, simple past and past participle accoasted)

(obsolete, transitive, intransitive) To lie or sail along the coast or side (of); to accost.

Source: Wiktionary


Ac*coast", v. t. & i. Etym: [See Accost, Coast.]

Definition: To lie or sail along the coast or side of; to accost. [Obs.] Whether high towering or accosting low. Spenser.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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