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Dart is a related term of coast.


As a noun coast is

(obsolete) the side or edge of something.

As a verb coast is

to glide along without adding energy.

dart

English

2.Barrel 3.O-ring 4.Shaft 5.Collar 6.Flight 7.Protector.

Etymology 1

From (etyl) dart, from (etyl) dart, .

Noun

(en noun)
  • A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; a short lance; a javelin; any sharp-pointed missile weapon, as an arrow.
  • * 1769 , Oxford Standard Text, , xviii, 14,
    • Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.
  • Anything resembling such a pointed missile weapon; anything that pierces or wounds like such a weapon.
  • * 1830 , , Sensibility'', ''The Works of Hannah More , Volume 1, page 38,
    • The artful inquiry, whose venom?d dart / Scarce wounds the hearing while it stabs the heart.
  • (Australia, obsolete) A plan or scheme.
  • * 1947 , , Halfway to Anywhere , 1970, page 79,
    • Trucking?s my dart too.
  • A sudden or fast movement.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=Septembe 24 , author=Ben Dirs , title=Rugby World Cup 2011: England 67-3 Romania , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Six minutes later Cueto went over for his second try after the recalled Mike Tindall found him with a perfectly-timed pass, before Ashton went on another dart , this time down his opposite wing, only for his speculative pass inside to be ruled forward.}}
  • (sewing) A fold that is stitched on a garment.
  • * 2013 , The Economist, Nadia Popova
    • Somehow she managed, with a cinched waist here and a few darts there, to look like a Hollywood star.
  • A fish; the dace.
  • (in the plural) A game of throwing darts at a target.
    • Derived terms
    * dart sac

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) darten, from the noun (see above).

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To throw with a sudden effort or thrust, as a dart or other missile weapon; to hurl or launch.
  • To send forth suddenly or rapidly; to emit; to shoot
    • The sun darts forth his beams.
    Or what ill eyes malignant glances dart ? -
  • To fly or pass swiftly, as a dart; to move rapidly in one direction; to shoot out quickly
    • The flying man darted eastward.
  • To start and run with speed; to shoot rapidly along
    • The deer darted from the thicket.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2010 , date=December 29 , author=Mark Vesty , title=Wigan 2 - 2 Arsenal , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=The impressive Frenchman drove forward with purpose down the right before cutting infield and darting in between Vassiriki Diaby and Koscielny.}}
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    coast

    English

    (wikipedia coast)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) The side or edge of something.
    • (Sir Isaac Newton)
  • The edge of the land where it meets an ocean, sea, gulf, bay, or large lake.
    • The rocky coast of Maine has few beaches.
  • (obsolete) A region of land; a district or country.
  • * 1526 , Bible , tr. William Tyndale, Matthew 2:
    • Then Herod perceavynge that he was moocked off the wyse men, was excedynge wroth, and sent forth and slue all the chyldren that were in bethleem, and in all the costes thereof […].
  • *, II.ii.3:
    • P. Crescentius, in his lib.'' 1 ''de agric. cap. 5, is very copious in this subject, how a house should be wholesomely sited, in a good coast , good air, wind, etc.
  • (obsolete) A region of the air or heavens.
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , III.iii:
    • the learned Merlin, well could tell, / Vnder what coast of heauen the man did dwell […].

    Hypernyms

    * shore, shoreline

    Hyponyms

    * oceanfront, seashore

    Derived terms

    * coast fox * coast guard, coastguard * coast rat * coast-to-coast * coastal * coaster * coastland * coastline * coastward * coastwatcher * coastwise

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To glide along without adding energy.
    • When I ran out of gas, fortunately I managed to coast into a nearby gas station.
  • (nautical) To sail along a coast.
  • * Arbuthnot
    • The ancients coasted only in their navigation.
  • Applied to human behavior, to make a minimal effort, to continue to do something in a routine way. This implies lack of initiative and effort.
  • * November 2 2014 , Daniel Taylor, " Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United," guardian.co.uk
    • Yet the truth is that City would probably have been coasting by that point if the referee, Michael Oliver, had not turned down three separate penalties, at least two of which could be accurately described as certainties.
  • (obsolete) To draw near to; to approach; to keep near, or by the side of.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Anon she hears them chant it lustily, / And all in haste she coasteth to the cry.
    (Hakluyt)
  • (obsolete) To sail by or near; to follow the coastline of.
  • * Sir Thomas Browne
    • Nearchus, not knowing the compass, was fain to coast that shore.
  • (obsolete) To conduct along a coast or river bank.
  • * Hakluyt
    • The Indians coasted me along the river.
  • (US, dialect) To slide downhill; to slide on a sled upon snow or ice.

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