Coasting
['kostɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Coast
(a.) Sailing along or near a coast, or running between ports along a coast.
(n.) A sailing along a coast, or from port to port; a carrying on a coasting trade.
(n.) Sliding down hill; sliding on a sled upon snow or ice.
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Examples
- It was forbidden to build any ship larger than a mere coasting boat. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The greater part, both of the exportation and coasting trade of America, is carried on by the capitals of merchants who reside in Great Britain. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- But it was too late, there was no room for it, and coasting onto the floor, it disappeared in a most mysterious manner. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- He took a big swallow of it and felt it coasting over his tongue in delicate anxsthesia. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- As lazy, fair-weather sailors, careless of the coming hour, we talked gaily of our coasting voyage, of our arrival at Athens. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The Mediterranean, as we have noted (chapter xvii) is a sea for galleys and coasting. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- When such restrictions are imposed upon the inland trade, the coasting trade, we may believe, cannot be left very free. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- It comprehends both the inland and the coasting trade. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The Portuguese, for example, were developing an Atlantic coasting trade. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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