cost-book 
ner that tin- exact huaiirial coniiition <( the mine may !* 
at :m> t itn. easlh Inaile ollt. 
COStean (kos-ten'), r. i. |< Corn. fotltax, drop- 
ped, + strait (IjL. .1/11111111111), tin.] Ill inii/i/ii/, 
to endeavor to ascertain the |iusitinn of a lodo 
by winking pits through the soil to the bed-rock. 
The general direction of the lo<lc li;i\ int.' been, as HIIPJMIS. .1. 
:i|i|iln\jm;ttrl\ ;i>riT!aine.l l-y means o[ wi .rk already done, 
tile ol.jcrt ol ru, leaning is In (rare tin- lo.lc still further 
through Around where its outcrop i.-, not visit il<- on thesur- 
IM* 
costeaning (kos-to'ning), n. [Verbal n. of con- 
IIIIH. r.J In iniiiiiiij, tin- process of sinking pits 
t<i discover a lode. [Cornwall.] 
costean-pit (kos-ten pit), . In Cornish mut- 
iny, a pit sunk to the bed-rock in costeauing. 
[Cornwall.] 
costeiet, '. See costay, count. 
COStella, n. Plural of rontrllitui. 
costellate (kos-tol'iit), a. [< NL. eostellntus, < 
fasti Iliiin, a little rib: see rosteMum.] 1. In hot., 
lincly ribbed orcostate. 2. Iiiannt. and zool., 
finely ridged, as if ribbed with costella. 
costellum (kos-tel'um), . ; pi. costella (-ft). 
[NL., neut. dim. of L. costa, a rib: see costa, 
cuiixl. I In (unit., a small or rudimentary rib. 
coster 1 (kos'ter), . [Abbr. of costermonger.] 
Same as costermonger. 
" Feyther" had been "a coster," and, in Lizlwth's phrase, 
hail "got a breast trouble," which, with other troubles, 
had sent the jxjor soul to the church-yard. 
//.(,//,- .I/,/,,., I. XXVI. 140. 
coster 2 (kos'ter), ii. [< ME. coster, also (with 
excrescent -d) rosttrd, < OF. costiere ("> ML. eos- 
terium), a side hanging, prop, adj., < ML. "cos- 
tarius, of or at the side, (. L. costa, side : see 
costa, coast.] 1. Kccles., the side hangings of 
an altar. () That part of the altar-cloth which hangs 
down at either end. (I*} One of the side curtains which 
serve to inclose the altar and to protect it from drafts. 
2f. A piece of tapestry or carpeting used as a 
small hanging, as the valance of a bed, the hang- 
ing border of a tablecloth, and the like. 
Also called costrrini/. 
coster-boy (kos'ter-boi), n. A boy who sells 
costards, fruit, vegetables, etc., in the streets. 
Davies. [Eng.] 
Laying down the law to a group of coster-boy*, for want 
of better audience. Klwjsley, Two Years Ago, iv. 
COSterd't, . Same as custard. 
C08terd 2 t, An obsolete form of coster 2 . 
costerilt, . Same as costrel. 
costering (kos'ter-ing), n. [< coster 2 + -ing.] 
Same as coster 9 . 
costennonger (kos'ter-mung'ger), u. and a. 
[For costcril/iioni/i'r, for costardmonger, < costard 
+ monger. Sometimes shortened to coster.] 
I. n. A hawker of fruits and vegetables. Also 
coster, and formerly costardmongcr. 
Virtue is of so little regard in these cotttennonyer's times, 
that true valour is turned bearherd. 
Skat., 2 Hen. IV., i. 2. 
And then he'll rail, like a rude costerin&iiffer, 
That school-boys had conze.ned of his apples. 
llfau. and Ft., Scornful Lady, iv. 1. 
II. a. Mercenary; sordid. Nares. 
costevoust, a. Same as costious. 
cost-free (kdst'fre), adv. Free of charge ; with- 
out expense. 
Her duties being to talk tYench, . . . and her privileges 
to live coal-free and ... to gather scraps of knowledge. 
Thackeray, Vanity Fair, ii. 
costfult, a. [ME. costeful; < cos ft + -ful.\ 
Costly. 
A costt'fulh' clothe is tokyii of poverty. 
Political Poenu, etc. (ed. Furnivall), p. 81. 
costicartilage(kos-ti-kiir'ti-laj), . | . '..<.<, 
rib, + earmage.] A costal cartilage; asternal 
rib, when not ossified. B. G. Wililrr. 
costicartilaginous (kos-ti-kiir-ti-laj'i-nus), a. 
[< costit-nrtilai/r (-</iii-) + -otis.] Of or pertain- 
ing to a costicartilage. 
costicervical (kos-ti-si-r'vi-kiil), a. [< L. costa, 
ril", + cirrij- (<vrnc-), neck, + -al.] In mutt., 
pertaining to the ribs and neck: as, a costin r- 
rical muscle: specifically said of the costicer- 
vicalis. 
COStiferous (kos-tif'e-rus), a. [= F. costifere; 
< L. costa, rib, + ferre, = E. bear 1 , + -ous.] In 
mint., rib-bearing: applied to those vertebree, 
as the dorsal vertebrte of man, which bear free 
articulated ribs, ami to those parts or processes 
of the sternum of some animals, as birds, to 
which ribs are jointed. 
The strrnmn has no <Wr>r.>x median backward pro- 
longation, all the i il's 1 icing attached to its sides. 
Hurley. Anat. Vert., p. 18. 
COStiform (kos'ti-form), a. [< L. costa. rib, + 
fur ma. shape.] 1. In mint., formed or shaped 
like a rib. 2. In ciitoin., having the form of a 
1291 
costa or ridgi-: us, a i-iixtij'iinii interspace be- 
tween strife. 
COStifoUSt, ". Same as costious. 
costilet, [ME., < OF. cinintitlc, a short sword, 
n sort of dagger or poniard: see coistril.] A 
dagger; a poniard. 
lialtrayhymsniote vppon the handle so 
Wyth a ruxtiti' which in liys sletfe Kan hold that his les- 
seron failed and luvke to. 
limn. ".I l;i,'l:;,,i,i (K. K. T. S.), 1. 4834. 
costile-iront, [ME. costile-yre : see textile.] 
Same as costile. 
Thorewly passyng the contUe-yre cold ; 
Hastily the Mode lepte out and ran tho. 
l:<nn. of fartmay (E. E. T. 8.), L 4336. 
COStioust, a. [ME. costifous, costevous, costiotts, 
ciixlyous, costuous, coitstous, < OF. costeous, cous- 
teus, F. riiiiti us, costly, < coste, cost : see <xwt 2 , 
n., and -ous.] Costly. 
He that makethe there aFeste, be it nevcresocojrf(/OHx, 
and he have no N'eddrcs, he bathe no thanke for his tr- 
vaylle. Mandeeillr, Travels, p. 208. 
costispinal (kos-ti-spi'nal), a. [< NL. costispi- 
nalis. ] In anal., of or pertaining to the ribs and 
spinal column ; costovertebral. Couen. 
costive (kos'tiv), a. [Early mod. E. costyfe; < 
OF. eostere, i. e., costeve' (mod. F. restored con- 
stipe), < L. constipatus, crammed, stuffed, pp. 
of constipare, press together, > costever, costiver, 
costurer, cram, constipate : see i constipate.] 1. 
Suffering from a morbid retention of fecal mat- 
ter in the bowels, in a hard and dry state ; hav- 
ing the excrements retained, or the motion of 
the bowels sluggish or suppressed ; constipated. 
2. Figuratively, slow in action; especially, 
slow in giving forth ideas or opinions, etc.; 
uncommunicative; close; unproductive. [Ob- 
solete or archaic.] 
Who is, 
Indeed, sir, somewhat eorfttw of belief 
Toward your stone ; would not be gulled. 
B. JoiiHun, Alchemist, ii. 1. 
While faster than his costive Brain indites, 
Philo's nuick Hand in flowing Letters writes. 
/'nor, On a Person who wrote 111 against Me. 
You must be frank, but without indiscretion ; and close, 
without being costive. Lord Chesterfield. 
3f. Hard and dry; caked. 
Clay in dry seasons is confine. Mortimer, Husbandry. 
4. Producing costiveuess. [Bare.] 
Hlood-boyling Yew, and cwtiue MisselU>e : 
With yce-cold Mandrake, and a many mo 
Such fatal! plants. 
Sijlorxtci; tr. of l>u Bartas's Weeks, ii., The Furies. 
costively (kos'tiv-li), adv. With costiveness. 
costiyeness (kos'tiv-nes), n. 1. A morbid re- 
tention of fecal matter in the bowels. See con- 
stipation. 
Costivea?** has ill effects, and is hard to be dealt with 
by physick. Locke, Education. 
2. Figuratively, slowness in action ; especially, 
slowness or difficulty in giving forth or utter- 
ing, in a general sense; closeness; reticence. 
[Obsolete or archaic.] 
In the literary and philosophical society at Manchester 
was once a reverend disputant of the same contioenem in 
publick elocution with myself. Wakefield, Memoirs, p. 216. 
costless (kdst'les), a. [= D. kosteloos; < cost?, 
n,, + -less.] Costing nothing; not involving 
expense. 
COStlewt, a. [ME., < cost 2 + -lew, an adj. term., 
also in drunkelew, q. v.] Costly; sumptuous. 
Chnitcer. 
And at the west dore of Powles was made a routine pa- 
gent, mining wyn, red claret and whit, all the day of the 
marriage. Arnold's Chronicle (1502), p. \li. 
costliness (k6st'li-ues), n. The character or 
fact of being costly; expensiveness ; richness; 
great cost or expense ; sumptuousness. 
Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich all 
that had ships in the sea by reason of her cotttlinettn ! 
Rev. xvlii. 10. 
Though not with curious coitlinett, yet with cleanly 
sufficiency, it entertained me. Sir P. Sidruy. 
costly (kost'li), a. [< ME. costily, for costely 
(= D. kostclijk = MHG. kostelich, G. kostlich = 
Dan. kostelig = Sw. kostlig = Norw. kosteleg = 
Icel. kostliijr, koxtiilii/r); < coxt" + -ty 1 .] 1. 
Of great price ; acquired, clone, or practised at 
much cost, as of money, time, trouble, etc. ; ex- 
pensive; rich; occasioning great expense or 
expenditure : as, a costly habit ; costly furniture ; 
vices. 
manner: ex- 
Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very 
mxilii. John xii. 3. 
In itself the distinction hetweeli the affirmative and the 
negative is a step perhaps the most . n.-r/^ in elfort of any 
that the human mind is summoned to take. 
De Quincty, Herodotus. 
costovertebral 
It la only by the rich that th<- .-.'/./ plainness which at 
once satisfies the Uute and tin nna^in.ihon i- attaina)>l> . 
Lmcfll, Among my Books, 2(1 str., p. 322. 
2. Lavish; extravagant. [Hare.] 
A dagxer, In rich sheath with jewels <>n it, ... 
At once the costly Sahib yielded to I,,., 
",,, A\ Inn i's Field. 
= Syn. 1. I'r'fious, etc. See valuable. 
costly (kdst'li), adv. In a costly 
pensively; richly; gorgeously. 
Why dot thoii pine within and suffer dearth, 
Painting thy outward walls so 
Shale., Sonnet*, cxlvl. 
COstmary (kost'ma-ri), n. [In Palsgrave (1530), 
cost mary, translated by F. coste marine. Cf. 
rosemary, where -mary = marine. The second 
element, however, is usually understood as re- 
ferring to the Virgin Mary (as if ML. <*/, /s 
Marite) ; the orig. form said to be ML. 'costus 
amarus: L. costus, a plant (see cost*); atnarus, 
bitter.] A perennial plant, Taiim-i-tum Unlsa- 
mita, of the natural order Composite, a native of 
the south of Europe, long cultivated in gardens 
for the agreeable fragrance of its leaves. 
The purple Hyacinthe, and fresh Costmarie. 
Spenter, tr. of Virgil's Gnat. 
Costmarie is put into ale to steep. Oerarde. 
costo-. Combining form, in some recent scien- 
tific compounds, of Latin (New Latin) costa, a 
rib. 
costo-apical (kos-to-ap'i-kal), a. [< NL. costa, 
a rib, + L. apex (apic-), apex, + -al.] In eii- 
tuiti., near the outer or apical end of the costal 
margin of the wing: as, a costo-apical spot. 
costocentral (kos-to-sen'tral), a. [< L. costa, 
a rib, + centrum, center, +"-/.] Same as cos- 
tovertebral. 
costoclavicular (kos'to-kla-vik'u-lar), a. [< 
L. costa, a rib, + NL. clavicula, clavicle.] In 
anat., pertaining to the first rib and to the 
clavicle : applied to the rhomboid (costocla- 
vicular) ligament which connects these parts. 
costocolic (kos-to-kol'ik), a. [< L. costa, a rib, 
+ colon, colon : see coloifi, colic.] In anat., 
pertaining to ribs and to the colon. Costocolic 
ligament, a fold of peritoneum forming a kind of mesen- 
tery for the spleen, and passing from the left colic flexure 
to the under surface of the diaphragm, opposite the tenth 
and eleventh ribs. 
costocoracoid (kos-to-kor'a-koid), a. [< L. 
co*fa, a rib, + NL. coracoidcs, coracoid.] In 
mint., pertaining to the ribs and to the coracoid 
process of the scapula : applied to a dense mem- 
brane or thick sheet of deep fascia, continuous 
with that of the arm and breast, attached to 
the clavicle and coracoid process of the scapula, 
inclosing the pectoralis minor and subclavius 
muscle, protecting the axillary vessels and 
nerves, and pierced by the cephalic vein and 
other vessels. Also coracocostal. 
costomt, n. :n i'l v. An obsolete form of custom. 
costomaryt, a. and n. An obsolete form of cus- 
tomary. 
COStorett, Same as costrel. Solon, Old Eng. 
Pottery, p. 16. 
costoscapular (kos-to-skap'u-lftr), a. [< L. co- 
ta, a rib, + scapula, scapula, + -ar 2 .] In anat., 
pertaining to ribs and to the scapula ; connect- 
ing these parts, as a muscle: specifically said 
of the costoscapularis. 
costoscapularis (kos-to-skap-u-la'ris), a. used 
as n.; pi. costoscapularcs (-rez). [NL., < L. cos- 
ta, a rib, + scapula, scapula.] A muscle of the 
thorax arising from many ribs, and inserted 
into the vertebral border of the scapula. Also 
called serratn.1 miit/nus. See serratus. 
COStosternal (kos-to-ster'nal), a. [< L. costa, a 
rib, + NL.steriiHiM, breast-bone, + -al.] In OIK;/., 
pertaining to a rib or costal cartilage and to the 
sternum: applied to ligaments connecting these 
parts, or to articulations between them. 
COStotome (kos'to-tom), n. [< L. cos<, a rib, 
+ Gr. rouof, cutting, verbal adj. of riuveiv, ra- 
fieiv, cut.] A knife, chisel, or shears used in dis- 
section for cutting through the costal cartilages 
and opening the thoracic cavity; a cartilage- 
knife. 
costotransverse (kos'to-trans-vers'), a. [< L. 
cnxtn, a rib, + traiurerxug, transverse.] In 
anat., pertaining to a rib and to the transverse 
process of a vertebra: applied to the interos- 
seous ligaments connecting these parts. 
costovertebral (kos-td-verte-bral), a. [NL., 
< L. costa, a rib, + vertebra, a joint, vertebra, 
+ -al.] In anat., pertaining to a rib and to 
the body of a vertebra: applied to the stel- 
late ligaments connecting these parts. Also 
costocenti'nl. 
