单词 | coastwise |
释义 | coastwiseadv.adj. A. adv. By way of the coast, along the coast. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > seashore or coast > [adverb] > along coastwise1691 coastways1701 alongshore1707 downshore1719 upcoast1909 coastally1920 1691 London Gaz. No. 2658/1 Ships Trading Coastwise. 1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations II. v. ii. 523 Goods carried coastwise . View more context for this quotation 1818 W. Cobbett Year's Resid. U.S.A. 9 That part of the United States, which, coastwise, extends from Boston to the Bay of Chesapeake. 1846 G. Grote Hist. 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’. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > seashore or coast > [adjective] > along alongshore1765 coastwise1817 1817 Deb. Congress (1854) XXX. 1008 This route..has appeared to be the most eligible for the ‘coastwise canal’. 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. iv. 42 During our coastwise drift. 1885 Sat. Rev. 11 July 42 A number of small steamers make coastwise excursions. 1913 Boston Globe 16 Nov. 25/2 Coastwise steamers..have their..pilot house on the upper passenger deck. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.adj.1691 |
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