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coastwise, adv. and a.|ˈkəʊstwaɪz|
[see -wise.]
A. adv. By way of the coast, along the coast.
1691Lond. Gaz. No. 2658/1 Ships Trading Coastwise. 1776Adam Smith W.N. v. ii. (1869) II. 499 Goods carried coastwise. 1817–8Cobbett Resid. U.S. (1822) 1 That part of the United States, which, coastwise, extends from Boston to the Bay of Chesapeake. 1846Grote Greece II. xxii. 521 He would then sail, still coastwise, to Syracuse or to Cumæ.
B. adj. Following the coast; carried on along the coast; as ‘a coastwise trade’.
1817Deb. Congress (1854) XXX. 1008 This route..has appeared to be the most eligible for the ‘coastwise canal’. 1856Kane Arct. Expl. I. iv. 42 During our coastwise drift. 1885Sat. Rev. 11 July 42 A number of small steamers make coastwise excursions. 1913Boston (Mass.) Globe 16 Nov. 25/2 Coastwise steamers..have their..pilot house on the upper passenger deck. |
