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▪ I. † aˈcost, adv. Obs. Also 6 a-coast. [a. OFr. a coste (mod.Fr. à côte), f. a to, at + coste side:—L. costa rib, in late L., side. Afterwards treated as if formed on Eng. a prep.1 + coast in its restricted sense of ‘side of the land’.] 1. On or by the side; beside; aside; at one side.
c1300K. Alisaunder 6485 On a grene wode acost Verrament, ther he fond Wymmen growing out of the ground. Ibid. 6028 Feorre about, and eke acost, He sente his messangers bet. c1330Arthour & Merlin 7613 Forth thai passeth this lond acost. 2. Ashore. See acoast. ▪ II. acost earlier form of accost v. and n. |