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▪ I. † unˈcost1 Obs.—1
[un-1 4 b + cost n.1]
Bad disposition, evil nature.
c1220Bestiary 192 in O.E. Misc. 7 Oc walke..mildelike among men; no mod ðu ne cune,..ne mannes vncost.
▪ II. † uncost2 Obs.
[ad. MDu. (also mod.Du.) onkosten pl., f. on- un-1 4 b + kost cost n.2 So G. unkosten.]
Additional or incidental expenses. (Cf. oncost.)
c1480Howard Househ. Bks. (Roxb.) 285 Paid for the aparayll of a chymeny... Item, for uncostes of the same to brynge it to the water syde, .xd. 1488Acta Dom. Audit. (1839) 117/1 Þe Custemez, fraucht & vncostis maid be the said george of þe said malt. 1511–2Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot. IV. 334 For fraucht of sex kistis of sukkoure,..and for the uncostis of thame fra the Feir to Leith. 1581Burgh Rec. Edinb. (1882) IV. 217 The pryce he gaif thairfor with all vncostes maid thairon to be payit to him.
▪ III. unˈcost3
[un-1 12.]
Lack of cost.
1868Pusey Serm. Pharisaism 9 Such acts..cost us individually little,..and may give evidence of their valuelessness by their uncost. |