† discoastv.
Obsolete.
1.
a. intransitive. To withdraw (from somewhere or something); to depart. Cf. coast v. 8.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > aspects of travel > departure, leaving, or going away > depart, leave, or go away [verb (intransitive)]
to come awayeOE
wendeOE
i-wite971
ashakec975
shakeOE
to go awayOE
witea1000
afareOE
agoOE
awayOE
dealc1000
goOE
awendOE
rimeOE
to go one's wayOE
flitc1175
depart?c1225
partc1230
to-partc1275
atwitea1325
withdrawa1325
to turn one's (also the) backc1330
lenda1350
begonec1370
remuea1375
removec1380
to long awaya1382
twinc1386
to pass one's wayc1390
trussc1390
to turn awaya1400
returnc1405
to be gonea1425
recede1450
roomc1450
to come offc1475
to take one's licence1475
issue1484
walka1500
to go adieua1522
pikea1529
avaunt1549
trudge1562
vade?1570
discoast1571
leave1593
wag1594
to go off1600
troop1600
hence1614
to set on one's foota1616
to pull up one's stumps1647
quit1811
to clear out1816
slope1830
to walk one's chalks1835
shove1844
to roll out1850
to pull out1855
to light out1859
to take a run-out powder1909
to push off (also along)1923
the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from action [verb (intransitive)] > avoid > turn aside from a course of action
wanderc897
haltc900
flitc1175
misdrawc1300
err1303
convertc1374
foldc1380
stray1390
astray1393
swaver?a1400
to fall from ——a1425
recedec1450
depart1535
swervea1547
fag1555
flinch1578
exorbitate1600
extravagate1600
discoasta1677
tralineate1700
aberrate1749
1571 R. Reynolds Chron. Noble Emperours f. 211 Althoughe hee [sc. Soliman] had sent his defiance vnto Ferdinand and the Emperour, yet continuallye he discosted from Vienna.
a1677 I. Barrow Several Serm. Evil-speaking (1678) viii. 56 Do we not sometimes grievously reproach them..for discosting from our practice?
a1677 I. Barrow Wks. (1683) II. 341 Never willingly to discost from truth and equity.
1785 G. Butt Isaiah Versified Pref. p. xviii They would discoast..as far as possible from these their landmarks of abhorrence and terror.
1828 H. E. Head Observ. on Early Rising & on Early Prayer 153 Those who seek it [sc. learning] with ardour may discoast from those virtues which in the sight of God are far more precious.
b. intransitive. With from. To travel away from the coast.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > operations or manoeuvres > perform operation or manoeuvre [verb (intransitive)] > withdraw from coast
discoast1615
1615 E. Howes Stow's Annales (new ed.) 747/1 The Spanish nauie for six days space..coasting and discoasting from England to the coast of Fraunce, and from thence to England, and thence to Fraunce agayne.
2. transitive. To separate, remove, or distance. Chiefly with from. Usually in passive.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > distance > distance or farness > be far from [verb (transitive)] > put at or remove to a distance
farOE
fersec1000
far-casta1340
removec1384
proloynec1425
prolong1440
purloin1461
elong1477
enstrange1483
eloin1535
elongatec1540
distance1578
discoast1583
eloinate1642
outpost1864
distantiate1924
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separate [verb (transitive)] > separate from
to-partc1325
dividec1380
separate1526
decide1570
discoast1583
shut1697
mark1706
to shut off1833
to mark off1848
1583 M. M. S. tr. B. de las Casas Spanish Colonie sig. Kv This Countrie is farre discoasted from the Indies.
1610 G. Fletcher Christs Victorie 73 As farre as heau'n and earth discoasted lie.
1622 H. Sydenham Serm. (1637) ii. 67 His will..as farre discoasted from tyranny, as injustice.
1625 W. Lisle tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Noe in tr. Part of Du Bartas 119 It is discoasted further from the plain of Sennaar.
1629 J. Mabbe tr. C. de Fonseca Deuout Contempl. xxx. 511 (margin) Sin discoasts a man from God.
a1677 I. Barrow Wks. (1683) II. 232 Scarce any man hath been able..to settle himself in, or to draw others to a full persuasion concerning any important truth, discosted from sense.
1706 B. Kennett Ess. towards Paraphr. on Psalms 70 As, East discoasted from the Western Clime, So wide, so vast, his Grace remove's our Crime.
Derivatives
discoasted adj. distant, remote.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [adjective]
sideOE
fara1000
ferrenc1160
lungeteync1330
on dreicha1400
yondera1413
widec1425
roomc1443
lontaignec1450
remote1533
distant1549
remotedc1580
disloigned1596
discoasted1598
dissite1600
far-off1600
aloof1608
longinque1614
distantial1648
Atlantic1790
far-distant1793
far-away1816
far-apart1865
way off1871
1598 W. Lisle tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Colonies xlvii. 59 Strange it is not that the race of Sem, after so many generations, and in so farre-discoasted countries, should at length bee thus corrupted.
1632 L. Anderton tr. E. Campion Campian Englished vi. 111 The Bibles haue beene..transported into so manie discoasted Nations.
1642 L. Anderton Eng. Nunne 92 The Marchant-venturer sends his ships with danger to most far and discoasted Nations.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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