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. côte, 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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