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Webster 1913 Edition


Discoast

Dis-coast′

,
Verb.
I.
[Pref.
dis-
+
coast
: cf. It.
discostare
.]
To depart; to quit the coast (that is, the side or border) of anything; to be separated.
[Obs.]
As far as heaven and earth
discoasted
lie.
G. Fletcher.
To
discoast
from the plain and simple way of speech.
Barrow.

Webster 1828 Edition


Discoast

DISCOAST

,
Verb.
I.
To depart from; to quit the coast. [Not used.]

Definition 2024


discoast

discoast

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Verb

discoast (third-person singular simple present discoasts, present participle discoasting, simple past and past participle discoasted)

  1. (obsolete, intransitive) To depart; to quit the coast (that is, the side or border) of anything; to be separated.
    • G. Fletcher
      As far as heaven and earth discoasted lie.
    • Barrow
      To discoast from the plain and simple way of speech.