v. i. [ Cornish cothas dropped + stean tin. ] To search after lodes. See Costeaning. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ L., rib. See Coast. ]
n. [ OF. coustage. ] Expense; cost. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. F. costal. See Costa. ]
Costal cartilage.
a. (Bot.) Having the nerves spring from the midrib. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Prob. fr. OF. coste rib, side, F. côte, and meaning orig., a ribbed apple, from the ribs or angles on its sides. See Coast. ]
Some [ apples ] consist more of air than water . . . ; others more of water than wind, as your costards and pomewaters. Muffett. [ 1913 Webster ]
Try whether your costard or my bat be the harder. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A costermonger. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ L., rib. See Coast. ]
n. [ OF. coustage. ] Expense; cost. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. F. costal. See Costa. ]
Costal cartilage.
a. (Bot.) Having the nerves spring from the midrib. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Prob. fr. OF. coste rib, side, F. côte, and meaning orig., a ribbed apple, from the ribs or angles on its sides. See Coast. ]
Some [ apples ] consist more of air than water . . . ; others more of water than wind, as your costards and pomewaters. Muffett. [ 1913 Webster ]
Try whether your costard or my bat be the harder. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A costermonger. [ 1913 Webster ]