Cost

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COST, sb.1 and v. Sc. Nhb. Yks. Lan. Chs. Not. Lin. Wor. Hrf. Sur. [kost.] I. 1. sb. In phr. more cost than worship, more expense and trouble than the thing is worth. n.Yks.2 e.Yks.1 It's mair cost-an-worship. w.Yks.1, n.Lin.1 2. Duty payable in kind as distinguished from that paid in money; the board, &c., given to a servant in place of money. Or.I. I got so much money in wages, besides my cost (Jam.). Sh.&Ork.1 3. A duty on meal and malt. Or.I. ‘Cost,’ a denomination for meal and malt,... was rendered a principal article of feu-duty, Agric. Surv. 31 (Jam.). 4. Loss, risk. Nhb. Proved his, cost, Richardson Borderer's Table-bk. (1846) VI. 247. II. v. Gram. forms. 1. Pres. Tense: (1) sing. (a) Cosses; (b) Costes; (2) pl. Costn. (1, a) Chs.1; Chs.3 It cosses a deal of brass. s.Chs.1 Verbs in st, ct drop the t in all persons and numbers, except the 1st person sing., 77. s.Not. I'll have the law on her if it cosses me all I'm worth, Prior Renie (1895) 173. n.Lin.1, se.Wor.1 Hrf.2 It cosses too much. (b) Sur. It costës a good sight of money, Jennings Field Paths (1884) 3. (2) Lan.1 Chs.1 They costn a lot. 2. pp. Cossen. Nhb.1 It's cossen a mint o' money. w.Yks. (J.W.)

COST, sb.2 Dev. [Not known to our correspondents.] A dead body. (Hall.)

COST, see Can, v., Coast, sb.

COST, sb.1 2. Cai.1

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