discoast

English

Alternative forms

• discost (obsolete)

Etymology

From dis- +‎ coast: compare Italian discostare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪsˈkəʊst/

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.
   • a. 1623, Giles Fletcher, Christ's Victorie and Triumph, in Heaven, in Earth, over and after Death:

     As far as heaven and earth discoasted lie.

   • a. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “(please specify the chapter name or sermon number). Against Foolish Talking and Jesting”, in The Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: A[braham] J[ohn] Valpy, […], published 1830–1831, →OCLC:

     To discoast from the plain and simple way of speech.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “discoast”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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