adv. Obs. prop. phrase; also 3–4 acost. [A prep.1 + COAST. The earlier a-cost was a direct adoption of Fr. à coste, mod. à côte: see COAST.]
1. At one side, by the side, by the coast. See ACOST.
2. Ashore.
1599. Hakluyt, Voy., II. II. 100. After we had lost ancres, hoising vp the sailes for to get the ship a coast in some safer place.
