1. (n.) The side of a thing.

2. (n.) The exterior line, limit, or border of a country; frontier border.

3. (n.) The seashore, or land near it.

4. (n.) To draw or keep near; to approach.

5. (n.) To sail by or near the shore.

6. (n.) To sail from port to port in the same country.

7. (n.) To slide down hill; to slide on a sled, upon snow or ice.

8. (v. t.) To draw near to; to approach; to keep near, or by the side of.

9. (v. t.) To sail by or near; to follow the coast line of.

10. (v. t.) To conduct along a coast or river bank.