COSTARD

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

An apple, large and round like the head. Some [apples] consist more of air than water . . . ; others more of water than wind, as your costards and pomewaters. Muffett.

2.
n.

The head; -- used contemptuously. Try whether your costard or my bat be the harder. Shak.