From the river, the river Euphrates, even to the uttermost sea, shall your coast be.
Deut. xi. 24.

He sees in English ships the Holland coast.
Dryden.

We the Arabian coast do know
At distance, when the species blow.
Waller.

The coast is clear, the danger is over; no enemy in sight. Dryden. Fig.: There are no obstacles. "Seeing that the coast was clear, Zelmane dismissed Musidorus." Sir P. Sidney. -- Coast guard. (a) A body of men originally employed along the coast to prevent smuggling; now, under the control of the admiralty, drilled as a naval reserve. [Eng.] (b) The force employed in life-saving stations along the seacoast. [U. S.] -- Coast rat (Zoöl.), a South African mammal (Bathyergus suillus), about the size of a rabbit, remarkable for its extensive burrows; -- called also sand mole. -- Coast waiter, a customhouse officer who superintends the landing or shipping of goods for the coast trade. [Eng.]

Anon she hears them chant it lustily,
And all in haste she coasteth to the cry.
Shak.

The ancients coasted only in their navigation.
Arbuthnot.

Nearchus, . . . not knowing the compass, was fain to coast that shore.
Sir T. Browne.

The Indians . . . coasted me along the river.
Hakluyt.