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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Cōst, n. p. 299A rib; a side. [Obs.] “Betwixt the costs of a ship.” B. Jonson.Cōst, n. p. 299The amount paid, charged, or engaged to be paid, for any thing bought or taken in barter; charge; expense; hence, whatever, as labor, self-denial, suffering, &c., is requisite to secure benefit. One…Cŏst, v. t. p. 299To require to be given, expended, or laid out therefor, as in barter, purchase, acquisition, &c. A diamond gone, cost me two thousand ducats in Frankfort. Shak. My lord, I am for you though it cost…Cŏs'tĭs, n. p. 299(Anat.) A rib of the body of an animal. 2. (Bot.) A rib or vein of a leaf, especially the midrib or principal vein. 3. (Entom.) The rib in the wing of an insect situated nearest its anterior margin.…Cōst'age, n. p. 299That which any thing costs; expense; cost. [Obs.] Chaucer.Cōs'tal, a. p. 299Pertaining to the side of the body or the ribs; as, costal nerves. 2. (Bot. & Entom.) Relating to a costa, or rib.Cōs'tard, n. p. 299A large apple. Apples be so divers of form and substance that it were infinite to describe them all; some consist more of air than water . . . ; others of water more than wind, as your costards and…Cŏs'tard-mōn'ger or Cŏs'ter-mōn'ger, n. p. 299An apple-seller; — applied also to hawkers and peddlers who sell any kind of fruit; a fruiterer.Cōs'tate, a. p. 299Cōs'tā-ted p. 299Having ribs, or the appearance of ribs.Cōs'tēan, v. i. p. 299To search after metallic lodes. Pryce.Cōs'tēan-ing, n. p. 299The process by which miners seek to discover metallic lodes. It consists in sinking small pits through the superficial deposits to the solid rock, and then driving from one pit to another across the…Cos-tē'late, a. p. 299Finely ribbed or costated.Cōs'ter, n. p. 299One who hawks about fruit, green vegetables, fish, &c.Cōst'-free, adv. p. 299Without outlay or expense. Her duties being to talk French, and her privileges to live cost-free and to gather scraps of knowledge. Thackeray.Cōs'tive, a. p. 299Retaining fecal matter in the bowels; having the excrements obstructed, or the motion of the bowels too slow; constipated. 2. Unable or unwilling to give forth; reserved; formal; close; cold. [Obs.]…Côs'tive-ly, adv. p. 299With costiveness.Côs'tive-ness, n. p. 299An unnatural detention of the fecal matter of the bowels; constipation.Cŏst'less, a. p. 299Costing nothing. Barrow.Cŏst'li-ness, n. p. 299Great cost or expense; expensiveness; sumptuousness.Côst'ly, a. p. 299Of great cost; of a high price; sumptuous; expensive. He had fitted up his palace in the most costly and sumptuous style, for the accommodation of the princess. Prescott.Cōst'ma-ry, n. p. 299(Bot.) A species of Balsamita (B. vulgaris), having a strong balsamic smell, and nearly allied to tansy; —called also ale-cost. London.Cŏs'trel, n. p. 299A bottle of earth or wood having ears by which it was suspended at the side. [Obs.] Wright. A youth, that, following with a costrel, bore The means of goodly welcome, flesh and wine. Tennyson.Cos-tūme' or Côs'tūme, n. p. 299An established manner, mode, or style, especially of dress, adopted in a particular country or province, or belonging to a particular period of time. 2. Such an arrangement of accessories, as in a…Cos-tūm'er, n. p. 299One who makes or deals in costumes, as for theaters, fancy balls, &c.Côst'ū-oŭs, a. p. 299Expensive; costly. [Obs.] Bale.Cō-sŭf'fer-er, n. p. 299One who suffers with another.Cô'-su-prēme', n. p. 299A partaker of supremacy. Shak.Cō-sure'ty, n. p. 299One who is surety with another.Cô'sy, a. p. 299See COZY.Cōt or Cōte, n. p. 299A small house; a cottage or hut; also, a shed or inclosure for beasts. “The sheltered cot, the cultivated farm.” Goldsmith. Watching where shepherds pen their flocks, at eve, In hurdled cotes.…Cŏt or Cŏtt, n. p. 299A sleeping place of limited size or elevation; a little bed; a cradle; a piece of canvas extended by a frame, used as a bed in ships.Co-tāb'ū-lāte, v. t. p. 299See CONTABULATE.cō-tăn′gent, n. p. 299(Geom.) The tangent of the complement of an arc or angle.Côte, n. p. 299See Cot.Cōte, v. t. p. 299To go side by side with; hence, to pass by. [Obs.] We coted them on the way, and hither are they coming. Shak.Cōte, v. t. p. 299To quote. [Obs.] See QUOTE.Co-tĕm'po-rā'ne-oŭs, a. p. 299Living or being at the same time.Co-tĕm’po-rā’ne-oŭs-ly, adv. p. 299At the same time with some other event.Co-tēm'po-ra-ry, a. p. 299Living or being at the same time; as, cotemporary authors.Co-tēm'po-ra-ry, n. p. 299One who lives at the same time with another.Cō-tēn'ant, n. p. 299A tenant in common.Cō'te-rīē', n. p. 299A set or circle of persons who meet familiarly, as for social, literary, or other purposes.Co-tēr'mi-noŭs, a. p. 299Bordering; adjacent in territory; —followed by with.Côt'gāre, n. p. 299Refuse wool.Cō'thurn, n. p. 299A kind of high shoe used in theatrical performances; a buskin. The moment had arrived when it was thought that the mask and the cothurn might be assumed with effect. Motley.Co-thûr'nate or Co-thûr'na-ted, a. p. 300Wearing a cothurn. 2. Relating to tragedy.Co-tic'ū-lar, a. p. 300Pertaining to whetstones; like or suitable for whetstones.Cō-tid'al, a. p. 300Marking or indicating an equality in the tides. Co-tidal lines (Phys. Geog.), lines on a map passing through places that have high tide at the same time. Whewell.Co-tĭl'lon or Co-tĭl'lion, n. p. 300A brisk dance, performed by eight persons together; a quadrille. 2. A tune which regulates the dance.Cŏt'land, n. p. 300Land appendant to a cottage.Cŏt'quēan, n. p. 300A man who busies himself with the affairs which properly belong to women. Addison. 2. A female cuckold; a cuckquean. [Obs.] What, shall a husband be afraid of his wife's face? We are a king…Cot-quēan'i-ty, n. p. 300The condition, character, or conduct of a cotquean. [Obs.] B. Jonson.Cō'-trust-ee', n. p. 300A joint trustee.Cŏts'wōld, n. p. 300Sheepcotes in an open country.Cotswold sheep p. 300a long-wooled breed formerly common in the counties of Gloucester, Hereford, and Worcester;—so called from the cots or sheds in which they were housed: the breed is chiefly amalgamated with others.Cŏt'ta, n. p. 300(Com.) A measure for cowries, containing 12,000 of them.Cŏt'taġe, n. p. 300A small habitation; a cot; a hut. ☞ The term was formerly limited to a poor or shabby habitation, but is now applied also to any small, neat, and tasteful dwelling. Cottage allotments, portions of…Cŏt'taġed, a. p. 300Set or covered with cottages. Collins.Cŏt'taġe-ly, a. p. 300In the style of a cottage; suitable for a cottage; rustic. [Obs.] Bp. Taylor.