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A vessel resembling a grab, used in the coasting trade of Bombay and Ceylon.
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A kind of coasting sled, made of two sleds fastened together with a board, one before the other.
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A small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade.
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A customhouse clearance for a coasting vessel; a permit.
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A vessel engaged in the coasting or foreign trade.
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A small coasting vessel, used in the Mediterranean, having one mast carrying large leteen sail, and a bowsprit with staysail or jib.
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A kind of sledge made of pliable board, turned up at one or both ends, used for coasting down hills or prepared inclined planes; also, a sleigh or sledge, to be drawn by dogs, or by hand, over soft and deep snow.
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A small two-masted merchant vessel, fitted only for coasting, or for use in canals, as in Holland.
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of Coast
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A sailing along a coast, or from port to port; a carrying on a coasting trade.
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Going upon the sea; especially, sailing upon the deep sea; -- used in distinction from coasting or river, as applied to vessels.
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Sailing along or near a coast, or running between ports along a coast.
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A large Dutch coasting vessel.
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A coasting vessel of Arabia, East Africa, and the Indian Ocean. It has generally but one mast and a lateen sail.
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Sliding down hill; sliding on a sled upon snow or ice.
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A vessel employed in sailing along a coast, or engaged in the coasting trade.
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A boat or vessel propelled by steam power; -- generally used of river or coasting craft, as distinguished from ocean steamers.
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A flat-bottomed river barge or coasting vessel.
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