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Coast-to-Coast - Basketball(gambling)
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coast(1) (iou)



coast noun. OE.

I. A rib; the side of any body (human or animal); the side of anything. OE-E19.
Orig. more fully coast of the sea, sea-coast. The border of land near the sea; the seashore. ME.
clear the coast remove an enemy or other obstacle to (dis)embarkation etc. coast to coast, from coast to coast across a whole island or continent. Slave Coast: see SLAVE noun & adjective. the Coast esp. (US) the Pacific coast of N. America. the coast is clear the enemy is not about to obstruct (dis)embarkation etc.; there is no chance of being hindered or observed.
A region of the earth or the heavens; a tract, a district; a part of the world. ME-M17.
An area or direction in relation to a person or thing; a point of the compass; a quarter. ME-E18.
The border of a country etc., frontier territory. Usu. in pl. LME-E17.
II.
A slide for tobogganing; a slide downhill on a toboggan. N. Amer. L18.
A (usu. downhill) run on a bicycle etc. without pedalling or in a motor vehicle without using the engine. L19.
Comb.: coast disease Austral. a mineral deficiency disease of sheep and cattle; coastguard (one of) a body of people employed to keep watch on the coasts and thus save life, prevent smuggling, etc.; coast sickness Austral. = coast disease above.
coastal adjective of or pertaining to a coast M19.
coastward adjective,
coastward(s) adverb toward or in the direction of a coast M19.
coastways adverb (arch.) = coastwise adverb E18.
coastwise adverb & adjective (a) adverb by way of or along a coast; (b) adjective following or carried along a coast: L17.