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.

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  • verb transitive and (intransitive) (obsolete) To lie or sail along the coast or side (of); to accost.

Etymologies

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Blend of accost and coast.

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