Coast, v. t. 1. To draw near to; to approach; to keep near, or by the side of. Hakluyt.
2. To sail by or near; to follow the coast line of.
Nearchus,... not knowing the compass, was fain to coast that shore.
Sir T. Browne.
3. To conduct along a coast or river bank.
The Indians... coasted me along the river.
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