coasting

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It struck its mark and flew all to pieces, much of it going down the back of her neck This coasting is all right," said Mrs. Gardiner, "but, oh, that walk up hill Mrs. Evans spied her machine standing in front of the Brewster house, and it gave her an idea.

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  1. The act or business of sailing along the coast or from port to port in the same country, for purposes of trade.
  2. The sport of sliding on a sled down an incline covered with snow or ice. [U. S.]
  3. [Cf. accoast, var. of accost.] Advances toward acquaintance; specifically, courtship. O, these encounterers, so glib of tongue, That give a coasting welcome ere it comes. Shak., T. and C., iv. 5. [Most editions have “accosting welcome” instead of “a coasting welcome.”]
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  • Even when I was merely coasting, there was the sense of going somewhere. —  AnalogSFF,June2007
  • Although teamed with a six-speed automatic transmission and Active Fuel Management to help reduce fuel use during cruising or coasting, the Escalade still gets dismal fuel economy figures of 12 mpg city across the entire lineup and either 18 or 19 mpg highway, depending on the model. —  The Car Connection
  • Errors really can only be caused from dropping from 1st to neutral whilst still moving (allowing coasting, and less control of the engine), but other than that, a lot fewer driver errors occurr, and this is the way that automatic sequential gearboxes work. —  MyLinkVault Newest Links
  • When coasting, the Audi Sportback concept - like the Audi A4 and Audi Q5 production models —  Jalopnik
  • Once you start coasting, the maneuverability of the missile comes down.
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