discoast

discoast

English

Alternative forms

• discost (obsolete)

Etymology

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. 1677, Isaac Barrow, Against Foolish Talking and Jesting (sermon):

     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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

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