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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

Sailing along or near a coast, or running between ports along a coast.

Coasting trade

trade carried on by water between neighboring ports of the same country, as distinguished from foreign trade or trade involving long voyages.

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Coasting vessel

a vessel employed in coasting; a coaster.

Noun.

A sailing along a coast, or from port to port; a carrying on a coasting trade.

Sliding down hill; sliding on a sled upon snow or ice.

[Local, U. S.]

ppr.

Sailing along or near a coast.

coasting

coasting ‎(plural coastings)

The act of sailing along a coast, or from port to port.
- 1772, A Select Collection of Letters of the Late Reverend George Whitefield (page 390)
  Glory be to God, all sublunary coastings will soon be over. Yet a little while, and we shall get into an eternal harbour.