| Costard | 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. ] 1. An apple, large and round like the head. [ 1913 Webster ] Some [ apples ] consist more of air than water . . . ; others more of water than wind, as your costards and pomewaters. Muffett. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. The head; -- used contemptuously. [ 1913 Webster ] Try whether your costard or my bat be the harder. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Custard | n. [ Prob. the same word as OE. crustade, crustate, a pie made with a crust, fr. L. crustatus covered with a crust, p. p. of crustare, fr. crusta crust; cf. OF. croustade pasty, It. crostata, or F. coutarde. See Crust, and cf. Crustated. ] A mixture of milk and eggs, sweetened, and baked or boiled. [ 1913 Webster ]
Custard apple (Bot.), a low tree or shrub of tropical America, including several species of Anona (Anona squamosa, Anona reticulata, etc.), having a roundish or ovate fruit the size of a small orange, containing a soft, yellowish, edible pulp. --
Custard coffin, pastry, or crust, which covers or coffins a custard [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
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