COSTARD
Etymology
Noun
costard (plural costards)
(British) A large cooking apple.
The tree on which large cooking apples grow.
(archaic, humorous) The human head.
Source: Wiktionary
Cos"tard (ks"trd), n. Etym: [Prob. fr. OF. coste rib, side, F. cĂ´te, and meaning orig., a ribbed apple, from the ribs or angles on its sides. See Coast.]
1. An apple, large and round like the head. Some [apples] consist more of air than water . . . ; others more of water than wind, as your costards and pomewaters. Muffett.
2. The head; -- used contemptuously. Try whether your costard or my bat be the harder. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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