coarsen, v. roughen, thicken, densify, callous, harden, ossify; toughen, indurate, inure, desensitize, anesthetize, numb, benumb, blunt, dull, deaden.
coarseness, n. 1. vulgarity, commonness, lowness, crudeness, rudeness; incivility, impropriety, unseemliness, ungentlemanly or unladylike behavior, bad manners; misconduct, rowdyism, ruffianism.
2. unrefinement, lack of polish, inelegance, parvenu-ism, lack of breeding, poor taste, Philistinism, gau-cherie, tactlessness; boorishness, churlishness, brashness, brazenness.
3. indecency, indelicacy, offensiveness, scurrilousness; obscenity, foulness, filth, filthiness, lewdness, prurience, ribaldry, bawdiness, smuttiness, Sl. raunchiness.
4. cheapness, gaudiness, tawdriness, trashiness, shabbiness, shoddiness.
5. scratchiness, bristliness, prickliness; roughness, shagginess; hardness, callousness.
coast, n. 1. seashore, shore, strand, seaside, seaboard, seacoast, littoral, water's edge; shoreline, coastline, strand line, high tide mark; beach, sands, sand, foreshore, inning, Fr. plage, Chiefly Brit. shingle, Law. derelict; waterside, edge, margin, rim, brink.
-v. 2. slide down, sled, sledride, toboggan, bobsled, ski, skate; glide, glissade, volplane, float, drift,
sail, waft, skim over the surface.
3. hug the shore, ply the coast, keep land in sight, stay near the coast, sail from port to port; border, skirt, rim, lie along the shore.
coastal, adj. seaboard, coastwise, shore, seaside, beachfront, littoral, waterside, riparian.
coat, n. 1. overcoat, Chiefly Brit, greatcoat, sur- coat, fearnought, dreadnought, maxim, midi, fur, mink, redingote; trenchcoat, mackintosh, raincoat, slicker; jacket, parka, machinaw, carcoat, blazer, sportcoat, spencer, windbreaker, Chiefly Brit, tunic, All U.S. Mil. battle jacket, combat jacket, Eisenhower jacket; wrap, sweater, shawl, stole, mantilla, poncho, haik, paletot, smock; cloak, cape, mantle, capote, robe, dolman, domino, aba, pelisse, pelerine, cope, burnoose, mantelot, (in Spain and Spanish America) manta, Rom. Cath. Ch. mantelletta, Obs. manteau.
2. fur, fleece, wool, pelage, pile, hide, pelt, fell; bark, crust, rind, peel, peeling, husk, shuck, pod, shell, hull, outside, exterior, Bot. epicarp; skin, membrane, pellicle, integument, derma, Anat., Zool. dermis, Anat. corium, scarfskin, Anat., Zool., Bot. epidermis, involucre, Anat., Zool. cortex, Anat., Zool., Bot. tunica; sac, cover, covering, case, casing, wrapping, wrapper, sheath, sheathing, envelope, enclosure, palea, Bot. periogonium, Bot. pericarp, Anat. pericardium, Zool. lorica.