cost1 (s.xiii2/4)
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cost1 (s.xiii2/4)

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  FEW:  costum 2/ii,1254a Gdf:  cost 1 2,322c GdfC: ∅ TL: cost 1 2,929 DEAF:  cost  DMF:  costus  TLF:  costus  OED:  cost n.1  MED:  cost n.3  DMLBS:  costus 2 507b
coste;  cote;  couste  

While generally interpreted as 'costmary', the term may also refer to any plant of the 'costus' genus. Cf. OED cost n.1 sense 2, and MED cost n.4.

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1bot.costmary, Tanacetum balsamita: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  la poudre des escorches des racines capparis, coste, absente  (ms. absence) […]  i 234
( MS: s.xiii )  costus: coste  ii 92.6
( MS: c.1250 )  Hec costus, cost  i 402
( MS: c.1325 )  pernez le couste […]  115.304
( s.xiv2; MS: s.xiv2 )  herbe benete que ad le foile de raiz savour de coste  ii 254
blanc cost
1 bot. white costmary (?): 
( c.1300?; MS: s.xivm )  de castorie et de blanc peivere et de blanc cost et de murre  669
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