What is the head; -- used contemptuously. Try whether your costard or my bat be the harder. Shak called?
costard — The head; -- used contemptuously. Try whether your costard or my bat be the harder. Shak. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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