Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To fly near the earth.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- verb obsolete To lie or sail along the coast or side of; to accost.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive and (
intransitive ) (obsolete ) To lie or sail along the coast or side (of); toaccost .
Etymologies
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Blend of accost and coast.
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Examples
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Stephen Burrough, Arthur Pet, and Charles Iackman accoast Noua
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Burrough, Arthur Pet, and Charles Iackman accoast Noua Zembia, Colgoieue, and Vaigatz to the North of Europe and Asia?
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 01 Richard Hakluyt 1584
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