coart 
That so thai be coart to swynimc in sape, 
Enclllde hem, and alle harme thai shal escape. 
Palladitis, Hiubondric (E. E. T. S.), p. 213. 
Dyves by dethe was straytely cunrtid 
Of his lyf to make a sudden translacion. 
MS. Laud, 416, fol. 101. (HalliweU.) 
coarticulated (ko-iir-tik'u-la-ted), fl. [< co- 1 + 
articulated.] Coapted ; conjoined ; articulated 
one with another, as bones. 
coarticulation (ko-ar-tik-u-la'shon), . [< co- 1 
+ articulation.] Articulation one with another ; 
especially, the articulation of the bones in a 
joint. 
coasayt, '< An obsolete form of causeway. 
coassessor (ko-a-ses'or), n. [< co- 1 + assessor.] 
A joint assessor. 
coassume (ko-a-sum'), v. t. [< co- 1 + assume.] 
To assume or fake upon one's self in conjunc- 
tion with another. Walsall. [Kare.] 
coast (kost), . [< ME. coste, coost, cost = MD. 
koxte, kuste, D. Jcust (> G. kiiste = Dan. kyst = 
Sw. kiist), coast, < OF. coste, F. cdte, rib, hill, 
shore, coast (cf. OF. coste = F. cote, side), = Pr. 
Pg. It. costa, rib, hill, shore, = Sp. costa, coast, 
citesta, hill, < L. costa, a rib, a side, ML. coast. 
From the same L. source are derived costal, 
accost, and cutlet.'] If. A side ; the side. 
Alle the cost of the knyjte he keruys [carves] doune clene. 
Anturs of Arthur, st. 47. 
At the coost forsothe of the tabernacle that biholdith to 
the north. Wyclif, Ex. xxxvi. 25. 
Some kind of virtue . . . bends the rays towards the 
coast of unusual refraction. Newton, Opticks. 
Take a coast of lamb, and parboil it, take out all the 
bones as near as you can, etc. 
Gentlewoman's Delight (1670). 
2. The exterior line, limit, or border of a coun- 
try ; boundary ; bound. 
From the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the utter- 
most sea shall your coast be. Deut. xi. 24. 
Give us seven days' respite, that we may send messen- 
gers unto all the coasts of Israel. 1 Sam. xi. 8. 
And they began to pray him to depart out of their coast*. 
Mark v. 17. 
3. (a) The side, edge, or margin of the land 
next to the sea ; the sea-shore. 
One show'd an iron coast and angry waves. 
Tennyson, Palace of Art. 
(b) The boundary -line formed by the sea ; the 
coast-line. 
So passeth he by alle the Havens of that Coost, un til he 
come to Jaffe, that ys the neyest Haven unto Jerusalem. 
Mandcvitte, Travels, p. 120. 
4. [From the verb.] A slide on a sled down a 
snowy or icy incline : as, to go out for a coaat. 
[U. is.] Clear the coast, get out of the way ; remove 
obstructions or obstacles ; make room : nearly always used 
in the imperative. [Colloq.] The coast is Clear, no one 
is in the way ; the danger is over; the enemy has gone or 
is absent. 
Is the coast clear ? None but friends? 
Goldsmith, Good-natured Man, v. 
coast (kost), r. [< ME. costen, as if directly < 
coste, n. ; but rather shortened from the usual 
costecn, costeien (> Sc. costay), coast (trans, and 
intrans.), < OF. costeer, costoicr, costier, F. c6- 
toyer(= It. costeggiare), go alongside of, coast, 
< coste, a coast, border. The sense ' slide down 
an incline' appears to depend on OF. coste, a 
hillside; but early instances of this sense are 
wanting.] I. intrans. 1. To sail near a coast; 
sail along or near the shore, or in sight of land ; 
follow the coast-line; rarely, to travel along, 
either on or near the coast. 
Leaving the African shore, we struck across to Sicily, 
and coasting along its eastern border, beheld with pleasure 
the towering form of . Kt n:i. It'. Ware, Zenobia, 1. 19. 
In the morning they divided their company to coast 
along, some on shore and some in the boat. 
A'. Morton, New England')) Memorial, p. 44. 
2. To sail from port to port on the same coast. 
I was coasting then for a year and eight months. 
S. 0. Jewett, Deephaven, p. 108. 
Hence 3. Figuratively, to feel one's way cau- 
tiously ; grope along. 
The king in this perceives him, how he coasts, 
And hedges, his own way. Shak., Hen. VIII., iii. 2. 
4f. To advance; proceed; go. 
Towards me a sory wight did cost. 
Spenser, Daphna'ida, 1. 39. 
My lord is coasted one way ; 
My father, though his hurts forbade his travel, 
Hath took another. 
Fletcher (and MassingerT), Lovers' Progress, ii. 4. 
5. To slide on a sled down a hill or an incline 
covered with snow or ice. [U. S.] 
They encountered a troop of boys and girls coasting. 
Some were coming np the hill, . . . others wheeling about 
and skimming away through the bright air, the ups and 
downs forming a perfect line of revolution. 
S. Judd, Margaret, i. 17. 
1070 
coat 
6. To descend a hill on a bicycle, removing the the landing and shipping of goods coastwise, 
feet from the pedals. [U. S.] 7. To draw Also called land-waiter, landing-waiter. 
supplies to lumberers' shanties. [Canadian.] coastward, coastwards (kost'ward, -wiirdz), 
II. trans. 1. To sail along or near to, as a adv. [< coast + -ward, -wards.] Toward the 
coast, or along the shore of: as, to coos* the coast. W. Collins. 
shores of the Mediterranean ; to coast an island, coastways (kost'waz), adv. [Var. of coastwise, 
The Spaniards haue coasted it [Nova Guinea] seuen him- after way : see -irac.] Same as coastwise. 
dred leagm-s, mid yet cannot tel whether it be an He or COastWlSG (kost'wiz), adv. [< coast + -WlSC.] 
continent. Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 864. By way of or along the coast. 
First discovered and coasted by Columbus during his coastwise (kost'wiz), a. [< coastwise, adv.] 
fourth and last voyage in 1502, Nicaragua was not regu- Following the coast; moving or carried on 
larly explored till 1522. Encye. Brit., XVII. 479. along the coasi . aS) tne coastwise trade. 
2f. To carry or conduct along a coast or river- Nobody but was struck with his [Webster's] knowledge 
bank. ... of all the great routes and marts of our foreign, coast- 
The Indians . . . coasted me along the river. ', <"><! inte or commerce. Choate, Addresses, p. 305. 
llaklui/t's Voyages, ill. 322. coat 1 , . A variant spelling of cote 1 . 
3f. To draw near to; approach; keep close to; coat 2 (kot), n. [Early mod. E. also cote; < ME. 
cote, mote, cottc, < OF. cote, also cotte, F. cottc 
pursue. 
Douglas still coasted the Englishmen, doing them what 
damage he might. Holinshed, Chronicles, III. 352. 
Take you those horse and coast 'em ; upon the first ad- 
vantage, 
If they will not slack their march, charge 'em up roundly. 
Fletcher, Loyal Subject, v. 6. 
4f. To accost. 
Who are these that coast us? 
You told me the walk was private. 
Fletcher and RowUy, Maid in the Mill, i. 1. 
coastal (kos'tal), a. [< coast + -al. Cf. costal.] 
Of or pertaining to a coast or shore. [Rare.] 
coaster (kos'ter), . 1. One who or that which 
coasts. Specifically (a) A person engaged in sailing 
along a coast, or in trading from port to port in the same 
country. 
As if a coaster who had gone from port to port only, 
should pretend to give a better description of the inland 
parts of a country than those who have travelled it all 
over. Bp. Atterbvry, Sermons, I. v. 
(b) A vessel used in this service ; a coasting-vessel. 
I don't rank able-bodied seaman like I used, and It's as 
much as I can do to get a berth on a coaster. 
S. 0. Jevvtt, Deephaven, p. 110. 
(c) One engaged in the sport of coasting or sledding. [U. 
S.] (d) A teamster who draws supplies to lumberers' shan- 
ties. [Canadian.] (e) A low round tray, usually of silver, 
and formerly on wheels, in which a decanter " coasts " or 
makes the circuit of a dining-table, for the greater conve- 
nience of the company. 
2f. An inhabitant of or a dweller near the sea- 
coast. 
Sir, if you had beene present, you never saw, nor heard 
any, or English man, or other coaster, . . . use more ma- 
licious inventions, more diabolicall deceites. 
Benvenuto, Passengers' Dialogues. 
= Pr. cota, cot = Cat. cot = Sp. Pg. cota = It. 
cotta, a coat, etc., = MHG. kutte, G. kutte (> 
Dan. kutte), a cowl, < ML. cota, cotta, also cot- 
tus, a tunic ; of Teut, origin : cf . OS. cott = OHG. 
chozzo, chozza, MHG. G. kotze, a coarse woolen 
mantle (cf. OHG. umbi-chMzzi, an overgarment, 
umbi-ehvzzen, clothe), orig. 'a cover' or 'shel- 
ter,' being allied to E. co* 1 and cote 1 , q. v. A 
similar transfer of sense from 'house 'to 'hood' 
or 'mantle' is seen in cassock, ca&ulc, chasuble.] 
If. A principal outer garment; any covering 
for the body. 
Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make 
coats of skins, and clothed them. Gen. iii. 21. 
2. An outer or upper garment worn by men, 
covering the upper part of the body, in the early 
middle ages it was identical with what is now called a tu- 
nic, or sometimes with the cassock and corset (which see). 
Coats of modern form, fitted to the body and having loose 
skirts, lirst appeared in the reign of Charles II. of England. 
Since the beginning of the eighteenth century the coat has 
been of two general fashions : a broad-skirted coat, now 
reduced to the form of the frock-coat (which see), and a 
cbat with the skirts cut away at the sides (the modern 
dress-coat), worn now only as a part of what is called even- 
ing dress. There are many other styles, as coats without 
skirts, or sack-coats; coats with the skirts cut away diago- 
nally from the front downward, or cutaway coats, etc. See 
also overcoat. 
The coat of many colours . . . they brought ... to their 
father ; and said, This have we found : know now whether 
it be thy son's coat or no. Gen. xxxvii. 32. 
You laugh if coat and breeches strangely vary. 
Pope, Imit. of Horace, I. i. 163. 
The coat [in 1772] was also short, reaching only to the 
hips, fitting closely, having a small turn-over collar as now 
worn. Fairholt, I. 390. 
coast-guard (kost'gard), n. A guard stationed , 
on SM coast ; specifically, in Great Britain, a 3 - A , woman's outdoor garment resembling a 
body of men originally designed only to pre- mau8 coat material and make.-4t. An un- 
ven(smuggLf a^7g7ntroTtTe%usToms, 'and der garment for the upper part of the body, 
hence called the preventive service, but now flttm g somewhat closely; a tunic or shirt. 
And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away 
thy coat, let him have thy cloak also. Mat. v. 40. 
employed as a general police force for the coast, 
under the charge of the Admiralty. 
coast-ice (kost'is), n. The belt of ice which in 
extreme northern latitudes forms along the 
shore of an island or a continent. 
coasting (kos'ting), n. [Verbal n. of coast, v.] 
1. The act or business of sailing along the 
coast or from port to port in the same country, 
for purposes of trade. 2. The sport of sliding 
on a sled down an incline covered with snow 
or ice. [U. S.] 3t. [Cf. accoast, var. of ac- 
Now the coat was without seam, woven from the top 
throughout. John xix. 23. 
5. A petticoat. [Prov. Eng. and U. 8.] 
Her coats she has kilted up to her knee. 
Jock o' the Side (Child's Ballads, VI. 82X 
In Turkey the Reverse appears ; 
Long Coats the haughty Husband wears. 
Prior, Alma, ii. 
6f. The habit or vesture of an order or class of 
men, and hence the order or class itself, or the 
.V , , . lljtrji, ililU UOJtW 111O UIlACi Ul VTlttOCT ALO^li, Ul I/ 
cost.] Advances toward acquaintance; specifi- office or station pecu iiar to the order; cloth. 
cally, courtship. 
O, these encounterers, so glib of tongue, 
That give a coasting welcome ere it comes. 
Shah., T. and C., iv. 5. 
[Most editions have " accosting welcome " instead of "a 
coasting welcome. "] Coasting Act, a United States stat- 
ute of 1793 (1 Stat., 305) for enrolling and licensing ships 
employed in the coasting-trade and fisheries. Coasting- 
pilot. Same as euaxt-jntat. Coasting-trade, trade car- 
ried on between the different ports of the same country, 
or under the same jurisdiction, by vessels sailing along 
the coast, as distinguished from foreign and colonial trade : 
loosely, in American usage, extended to trade between 
ports of adjoining countries presenting a continuous coast- 
line. 
coastlander (kost'lan-der), n. [< coasi + land 
+ -er 1 .] One who dwells on the coast. 
The great invasion of Egypt by these islanders and 
ewrstlanders, which is an important factor in the classifi- 
cation of the different races. 
Anthrop. Inst. Jour., XVI. 372. 
coast-line (kost'lln), . The outline of a shore 
or coast. 
coast-pilot (kost'pi"lot), n. 1. A pilot who 
conducts vessels along a coast. 2. A detailed 
description of a coast, with instructions for 
navigating it. 
Also coasting-pilot. 
coast-rat (kost'rat), n. A name of the African 
mole-rat, Bathyergns maritimiis. 
coast-waiter (kost'wa/'ter), n. In Great Brit- 
ain, an officer of the customs who superintends 
It will not be amiss, if, in private, you keep good your 
acquaintance with Crites, or some other of his poor coat. 
B. Jonson, Cynthia's Revels, iii. 1. 
It becomes not your lordships coat 
To take so many lives away. 
Robin Hood and the Bishop o/ Here ford (Child's Ballads, 
(V. 295). 
7. The external natural covering of an animal, 
as hair, fur, wool, etc. 8. A thin layer of a 
substance covering a surface; a coating: as, a 
coat of paint, pitch, or varnish; a coo t of tin- 
foil. 
There are many petriflcations in it [a curious grotto], 
made by the dropping of the water, and at the end of it 
there is a table cut out in the rock, which has received a 
coat from the dropping of the water like rock work, and 
has a very beautiful effect. 
Pocockf, Description of the East, II. i. 264. 
9. One of a number of concentric layers : as, the 
coats of an onion. Abercrombie. 10. In anat., 
a tunic or membranous covering of some part 
or organ: as, the coats of the eye. 11. Naut., 
a piece of tarred or painted canvas fitted about 
the masts at the partners, about the rudder- 
casing, and around the pumps where they pass 
through the upper deck, to keep the water from 
working down. See mast-coat. 12f. A coat- 
card. 
Here's a trick of discarded cards of us ; we were ranked 
with coats as long as old master lived. 
MiMleton, Ulassinger, and Rowley, Old Law, iii. 1. 
