COASTWISE

coastwise

(adjective) along or following a coast; “coastal shipping”; “coastwise winds contributed to the storm”

coastwise

(adverb) by way of, or along the coast; “we were travelling coastwise”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

coastwise (not comparable)

Along the coast.

Adverb

coastwise (not comparable)

Along the coast.

The barley was shipped coastwise.

Source: Wiktionary


Coast"wise`, Coast"ways`, adv.

Definition: By way of, or along, the coast.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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