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Definition of Coasters
1. coaster [n] - See also: coaster
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coasters
Literary usage of Coasters
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Economic and Social History of New England, 1620-1789 by William Babcock Weeden (1891)
"The cargoes of these coasters were similar, one with another, generally of raw
produce moving into Coasting Boston, or of miscellaneous articles, ..."
2. Sailing Ships and Their Story: The Story of Their Development from the by Edward Keble Chatterton (1915)
"THE FORE-AND-AFT RIG AND ITS DEVELOPMENTS; coasters, FISHING BOATS, YACHTS,
ETC.* far we have, with the exception of the primitive lateen, dealt exclusively ..."
3. The Lives of the Right Hon. Francis North, Baron Guilford, Lord Keeper of by Roger North (1826)
"Another advantage of the coasters upon the river, was showed his lordship : and
that was what they call ballast wharfs. Any land owner may make that which ..."
4. The Canada Law Journal by Law Society of Upper Canada, William S. Hein & Company, Canadian Bar Association (1911)
"In re coasters (1911) 1 Ch. 86. In this case a firm of Clements, Knowling & Co.
agreed to sell a ship to a company for £1500, part of the consideration to ..."
5. Nonfiction Reading Practice, Grade 3by Kim Griswell by Kim Griswell (2003)
"Present the drawing of the roller coasters, and read the caption and labels to
connect the new vocabulary with a graphic representation. ..."
6. Encyclopaedia of Ships and Shipping by Herbert B. Mason (1908)
"The coasting trade is confined to coasters, except vessels coming from parts beyond
... By the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, coasters are exempt from : (1) ..."
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