Coasting
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Coast.

2. (a.) Sailing along or near a coast, or running between ports along a coast.

3. (n.) A sailing along a coast, or from port to port; a carrying on a coasting trade.

4. (n.) Sliding down hill; sliding on a sled upon snow or ice.

Library

Connecticut at the Close of the Revolution
... With her commerce and coasting trade almost destroyed, she found herself, during
the period preceding the adoption of the national Constitution and the ...
/.../chapter xii connecticut at the.htm

The High Woods
... On our right, hot mists wandered over the water, blotting out the horizon, till
the coasting craft, with distorted sails and masts, seemed afloat in smoke. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/at last/chapter vii the high woods.htm

Acts XXI
... Acts XXI. XXI: 1-3. The vessel proceeded by a coasting voyage along the southern
shore of Asia Minor. (1) "And it came to pass, when ...
/.../mcgarvey/a commentary on acts of the apostles/acts xxi.htm

To the Rev. G. Browne
... REVD. AND DEAR SIR AND EXCELLENT FRIEND,"I arrived at Cadiz this morning by a small
coasting-vessel, after undergoing a quarantine of four days at Tarifa. ...
/.../borrow/letters of george borrow/to the rev g browne 3.htm

Paul's Shipwreck
... Then as the wind was against us we sailed under the lee of Crete, opposite Cape
Salmone, and after coasting along with great difficulty came to a place called ...
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Acts XXVII
... many days, we reached Cnidus with difficulty, the wind not favoring us, and sailed
under the lee of Crete, over against Salmone; (8) and coasting along it with ...
/.../mcgarvey/a commentary on acts of the apostles/acts xxvii.htm

A Peasant's Son
... The boat in which Vincent was sailing was coasting along the Gulf of Lyons when
the sailors became aware that they were being pursued by three Turkish ...
/.../forbes/life of st vincent de paul/chapter 1 a peasants son.htm

Preparations for the Invasion of Greece.
... It was a frightful specter in the eyes of the ancient navigators, when, as they
came coasting along from the north in their frail galleys, on their voyages to ...
//christianbookshelf.org/abbott/xerxes/chapter iv preparations for the.htm

The Apostle of the Gentiles.
... On his way, coasting along as sailors did before the compass was known, came his
shipwreck at Malta, when the life of his shipmates was granted to him. ...
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(And Last): Homeward Bound
... which is visited, unless the traveller commits himself" which he cannot well do
if he has a lady with him"to the chances and changes of coasting schooners. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/at last/chapter xvii and last homeward.htm

Thesaurus
Coasting (1 Occurrence)
... 3. (n.) A sailing along a coast, or from port to port; a carrying on a coasting
trade. ... Multi-Version Concordance Coasting (1 Occurrence). ...
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Lasaea (1 Occurrence)
... Lasaea (1 Occurrence). Acts 27:8 and coasting it with difficulty we came to a certain
place called Fair Havens, near to which was the city of Lasaea. (DBY YLT). ...
/l/lasaea.htm - 6k

Trader (7 Occurrences)
... country trader. 2. (n.) A vessel engaged in the coasting or foreign trade.
Multi-Version Concordance Trader (7 Occurrences). Matthew ...
/t/trader.htm - 8k

Tartan (2 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) A small coasting vessel, used in the Mediterranean, having one mast carrying
large leteen sail, and a bowsprit with staysail or jib. Int. ...
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Coastal (1 Occurrence)

/c/coastal.htm - 6k

Coastland (6 Occurrences)

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Coast (70 Occurrences)
... (See NAS NIV). Acts 27:8 Then, coasting along with difficulty, we reached a place
called 'Fair Havens,' near the town of Lasea. (Root in WEY ASV DBY RSV NIV). ...
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Reached (152 Occurrences)
... Lycia. (WEY). Acts 27:8 Then, coasting along with difficulty, we reached
a place called 'Fair Havens,' near the town of Lasea. (WEY). ...
/r/reached.htm - 35k

Bethsaida (7 Occurrences)
... to be limited by the "much grass," and by the definition of the district as belonging
to Bethsaida, to sail to et-Tell, it was a matter of coasting not more ...
/b/bethsaida.htm - 19k

Boats (11 Occurrences)
... appealed to Caesar and was proceeding to Rome in charge of Julius, the centurion,
along with other prisoners, a ship of Adramyttium, a coasting vessel, carried ...
/b/boats.htm - 40k

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Concordance
Coasting (1 Occurrence)

Acts 27:8
Then, coasting along with difficulty, we reached a place called 'Fair Havens,' near the town of Lasea.
(WEY ASV DBY RSV)

Subtopics

Coasting

Related Terms

Lasaea (1 Occurrence)

Trader (7 Occurrences)

Tartan (2 Occurrences)

Coastal (1 Occurrence)

Coastland (6 Occurrences)

Coast (70 Occurrences)

Reached (152 Occurrences)

Bethsaida (7 Occurrences)

Boats (11 Occurrences)

Ships (46 Occurrences)

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