Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
cossack |
noun |
One of a warlike, pastoral people, skillful as horsemen, inhabiting different parts of the Russian empire and furnishing valuable contingents of irregular cavalry to its armies, those of Little Russia and those of the Don forming the principal divisions. |
costing |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Cost |
costage |
noun |
Expense; cost. |
costard |
noun |
An apple, large and round like the head., The head; — used contemptuously. |
costate |
adjective |
Alt. of Costated |
costean |
verb i. |
To search after lodes. See Costeaning. |
costive |
adjective |
Retaining fecal matter in the bowels; having too slow a motion of the bowels; constipated., Reserved; formal; close; cold., Dry and hard; impermeable; unyielding. |
costrel |
noun |
A bottle of leather, earthenware, or wood, having ears by which it was suspended at the side. |
costume |
noun |
Dress in general; esp., the distinctive style of dress of a people, class, or period., 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., A character dress, used at fancy balls or for dramatic purposes. |