[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

coast \coast\ k=ost, n. of. coste, f. c^ote, rib, hill,
   shore, coast, l. costa rib, side. cf. accost, v. t.,
   cutlet.
   1. the side of a thing. obs. --sir i. newton.
      1913 webster

   2. the exterior line, limit, or border of a country; frontier
      border. obs.
      1913 webster

            from the river, the river euphrates, even to the
            uttermost sea, shall your coast be.   --deut. xi.
                                                  24.
      1913 webster

   3. the seashore, or land near it.
      1913 webster

            he sees in english ships the holland coast.
                                                  --dryden.
      1913 webster

            we the arabian coast do know
            at distance, when the species blow.   --waller.
      1913 webster

   the coast is clear, the danger is over; no enemy in sight.
      --dryden. fig.: there are no obstacles. "seeing that the
      coast was clear, zelmane dismissed musidorus." --sir p.
      sidney.

   coast guard.
      a a body of men originally employed along the coast to
          prevent smuggling; now, under the control of the
          admiralty, drilled as a naval reserve. eng.
      b the force employed in life-saving stations along the
          seacoast. u. s.

   coast rat zool., a south african mammal bathyergus
      suillus, about the size of a rabbit, remarkable for its
      extensive burrows; -- called also sand mole.

   coast waiter, a customhouse officer who superintends the
      landing or shipping of goods for the coast trade. eng.
      1913 webster
see also:
accost cutlet the coast is clear coast guard coast rat bathyergus suillus 
sand mole coast waiter 

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