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2. The head; -- used
contemptuously.

Try whether your costard or my bat be the
harder.

Shak.

Cos"tard*mon`ger (-m?n`g?r), n.
A costermonger.

{ Cos"tate (k?s"t?t), Cos"ta*ted (-t?-t?d),
} a. [L. costatus, fr. costa
rib.] Having ribs, or the appearance of ribs; (Bot.)
having one or more longitudinal ribs.

Cos"tean` (k?s"t?n`), v. i.
[Cornish cothas dropped + stean tin.] To
search after lodes. See Costeaning.

Cos"tean`ing, n. The process
by which miners seek to discover metallic lodes. It consist in
sinking small pits through the superficial deposits to the solid
rock, and then driving from one pit to another across the
direction of the vein, in such manner as to cross all the veins
between the two pits.

Cos*tel"late (k?s-t?l"l?t), a. [L.
costa rib.] Finely ribbed or costated.

Cos"ter (k?s"t?r), n.[Abbrev. of
costermonger.] One who hawks about fruit, green
vegetables, fish, etc.


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