| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| costard |
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| SYLLABICATION: | cos·tard |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  k s t rd |
| NOUN: | 1. An English variety of large cooking apple. 2. Archaic The human head. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Old North French, possibly from coste, rib (from its ribbed appearance), from Latin costa. See kost- in Appendix I.
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