Part 2469

<hw>Cost"less</hw> <tt>(k?st"l?s; 115)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Costing nothing.</def>

<h1>Costlewe</h1> <Xpage=329>

<hw>Cost"lewe</hw> <tt>(-l?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Costly.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Costliness</h1> <Xpage=329>

<hw>Cost"li*ness</hw> <tt>(-l?-n?s)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being costy; expensiveness; sumptuousness.</def>

<h1>Costly</h1> <Xpage=329>

<hw>Cost"ly</hw> <tt>(k?st"l?; 115)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[From Cost expense.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Of great cost; expensive; dear.</def>

<blockquote>He had fitted up his palace in the most <b>costly</b> and sumptuous style, for the accomodation of the princess. <i>Prescott.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Gorgeous; sumptuous.</def> <mark>[Poetic.]</mark>

<blockquote>To show how <b>costly</b> summer was at hand. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Costmary</h1> <Xpage=329>

<hw>Cost"ma*ry</hw> <tt>(k?st"m?-r?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>costum</ets> an Oriental aromatic plant (Gr. <?/<?/<?/, cf. Ar. <ets>kost</ets>, <ets>kust</ets>) + <ets>Maria</ets> Mary. Cf.<er>Alecost</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A garden plant (<spn>Chrysanthemum Balsamita</spn>) having a strong balsamic smell, and nearly allied to tansy. It is used as a pot herb and salad plant and in flavoring ale and beer. Called also <altname>alecost</altname>.</def>

<h1>Costotome</h1> <Xpage=329>

<hw>Cos"to*tome</hw> <tt>(k?s"t?-t?m)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Costa</ets> + Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/ to cut.]</ety> <def>An instrument (chisel or shears) to cut the ribs and open the thoracic cavity, in post-mortem examinations and dissections.</def>

<i>Knight.</i>

<h1>Costrel</h1> <Xpage=329>

<hw>Cos"trel</hw> <tt>(k?s"tr?l)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[CF.W. <ets>costrel</ets>, OF. <ets>costrel</ets>, LL. <ets>costrellum</ets>, a liquid measure, <ets>costrellus</ets> a wine cup.]</ety> <def>A bottle of leather, earthenware, or wood, having ears by which it was suspended at the side.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<blockquote>A youth, that, following with a <b>costrel</b>, bore The means of goodly welcome, flesh and wine. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Costume</h1> <Xpage=329>

<hw>Cos"tume`</hw> <tt>(k?s"t?m` &or; k?s-t?m")</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>costume</ets>, It. <ets>costume</ets> custom, dress, fr. L. <ets>consuetumen</ets> (not found), for <ets>consuetudo</ets> custom. See <er>Custom</er>, and cf. <er>Consuetude</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Dress in general; esp., the distinctive style of dress of a people, class, or period.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Such an arrangement of accessories, as in a picture, statue, poem, or play, as is appropriate to the time, place, or other circumstances represented or described.</def>

<blockquote>I began last night to read Walter Scott's Lay of the Last Minstrel . . . .I was extremely delighted with the poetical beauty of some parts . . . .The <b>costume</b>, too, is admirable. <i>Sir J. Mackintosh.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A character dress, used at fancy balls or for dramatic purposes.</def>

<h1>Costumer</h1> <Xpage=329>

<hw>Cos"tum`er</hw> <tt>(-t?m`?r)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who makes or deals in costumes, as for theaters, fancy balls, etc.</def>

<h1>Co-sufferer</h1> <Xpage=329>