costan.¹

Brit.

/ˈkɒstə/, U.S.

/ˈkɑstə/

Inflections: Plural costae.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin costa.

Etymology: < classical Latin costa rib, in post-classical Latin also midrib of a leaf (14th cent. in a British source), of unknown origin.

1. Anatomy and Zoology. A rib (rib n.¹ 1a).

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the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > rib > [noun]

ribeOE

rib bonec1400

side bone1620

costa1873

slats1898

1565 J. Hall Anat. 3rd Treat. iii. i. 67 in tr. Lanfranc Most Excellent Woorke Chirurg. And of rybbes there on eche side .xii. called Costæ.

1638 A. Read Man. Anat. Body of Man (new ed.) ii. i. 269 The fore part of it [sc. the brest] is called sternum, the sides costæ, and the hinder part dorsum.

1741 A. Monro Anat. Human Bones (ed. 3) 222 The Ribs are commonly divided into True and False. The True Costæ are the seven superior of each Side.

1873 St. G. Mivart Lessons Elem. Anat. ii. 35 Each rib, or costa..has a double attachment to the backbone.

1920 Clothing Trade Jrnl. Sept. 234/3 The scapula does not remain in its normal position, so much as the base and lower angle project through the forward position of the acromion just so much are they drawn again to the costae.

a2008 D. F. Wallace Pale King (2011) xxxvi. 397 The great tight sheet of thoracolumbar fascia..connected his pelvis to his dorsal costae.

2. Any of various plant or animal structures thought to resemble a rib. Cf. rib n.¹ III.

a. Botany. Originally: the midrib of a leaf (now rare). In later use also: any of the veins of a leaf, leaflet, or leaf-like part; spec. the main vein of a pinna of a fern. Cf. rib n.¹ 12a.

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the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > [noun] > part or side of > rib or vein

nerve?a1425

ribc1450

vein?c1450

sinew1551

brawn1601

master-vein1658

costa1699

venule1766

pen1773

surculus1775

midrib1793

venule1806

veinlet1807

rachis1830

nervure1842

nerving1854

1699 J. Evelyn Acetaria 11 The Costa, or Rib of the White Beet..being boil'd, melts, and eats like Marrow.

1725 J. Douglas Lilium Sarniense 14 The costa or rib..runs through it [sc. the flower leaf] lengthwise.

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. (at cited word) A leaf may have many costæ.

1913 Bot. Gaz. 56 337 The rachis, like the costae of the pinnae beneath, clothed with several minute blackish scales.

2011 Amer. Fern Jrnl. 101 276 Asplenium abscissum..has erect rhizomes and rounded cross sections of stipes, rachises and costae even in dried specimens.

b. Conchology. A rib-like ridge on a shell; = rib n.¹ 12d.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Mollusca > [noun] > Testacea (shelled molluscs) > shelled mollusc > shell > part of

auricle1665

heel1673

lip1681

mouth1681

whirl1681

rib1711

antihelix1721

canal1734

columella1755

vesture1755

body whirl1776

fent1776

pillar1776

pillar-lip1776

septum1786

aperture1794

body whorl1807

costa1812

seam1816

spine1822

umbo1822

varix1822

peristome1828

summit1828

nucleus1833

concameration1835

lunula1835

nympha1836

nymph1839

lunule1842

peritreme1848

body chamber1851

axis1866

umbone1867

liration1904

1812 J. Sowerby Mineral Conchol. Great Brit. 121 Near the sides the costæ are less regular and smaller [in Pecten quadricostata].

1866 R. Tate Plain & Easy Acct. Mollusks Great Brit. iv. 139 The disappearance of the costæ upon the shell.

1961 J. Stubblefield Davies's Introd. Palaeontol. (ed. 3) i. 19 The surface of the shell has radiating ridges or costae, crossed by much finer concentric lines.

2010 J. W. Tunnell et al. Encycl. Texas Seashells 191 Sculpture of 10 to 11 extremely convex whorls attached by extended bladelike costae [in Epitonium foliaceicosta].

c. Entomology. The vein nearest to or forming part of the anterior margin of an insect's wing; (also) the anterior margin itself. Cf. rib n.¹ 12c.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > [noun] > wings(s) > anterior border > nervure nearest to or costa

costa1826

1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. III. xxxv. 627 The Costa is usually the strongest of the nervures, and that upon which the wing seems to be built.

1895 J. H. Comstock & A. B. Comstock Man. Study Insects iii. 64 The principal veins of the wing..are termed..the costa,..the subcosta,..the cubitus, [etc.].

1957 O. W. Richards & R. G. Davies Imms's Gen. Textbk. Entomol. (ed. 9) i. 39 The tegulae..are a pair of small scale-like sclerites carried at the extreme base of the costa of each fore wing.

2000 R. Dudley Biomech. Insect Flight (2002) ii. 53 The leading edge of the wing is defined by the costa and the subcosta, thickened veins that provide structural rigidity.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

costan.²

Brit.

/ˈkɒstə/, U.S.

/ˈkoʊstə/,

/ˈkɑstə/

Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish costa.

Etymology: < Spanish costa coast (see coast n.), after e.g. Spanish Costa Brava (1910 or earlier; compare Catalan Costa Brava (1901 or earlier)), Costa del Sol (1931 or earlier), the names of various stretches of the Spanish Mediterranean coast which are popular with British holidaymakers.

colloquial (humorous).

As the first element in various invented place names indicating a Spanish or Spanish-like holiday resort; esp. (a) a place having (pretensions to) the qualities, ambience, etc., of a Spanish coastal resort, as Costa Cornwall; (b) a Spanish coastal area supposedly characterized in some way by the feature or quality suggested by the second element, as Costa Geriatrica, Costa del Crime, etc.In quot. 1964 with reference to a bomb disposal operation in Garrucha, Spain, which is likened to the British television series Thunderbirds.

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > place of resort > [noun]

to-draughta1400

repair1423

repairing1487

resorting place1525

common house1537

resort1565

place (also house) of repairc1595

purlieu1611

howff1711

crib1819

joint1821

hang-out1852

costa1964

1964 Daily Mirror 4 Feb. 17 (headline) Ssh! I'm listening for the geigers along the Costa del Thunderbirds.

1968 Guardian 24 Oct. 5/5 The Clyde coast should stop masquerading as the Costa Clyde.

1981 Sunday Tel. 1 Nov. 19/3 The Anglicised northern Costa Geriatrica of caravans and chip shops and pubs.

1984 Daily Tel. 30 Nov. 21/7 Life goes on as before for the wanted men on the 40-mile Mediterranean coastal strip from Malaga to Marbella, which has been dubbed the ‘Costa del Crime’.

1986 Listener 6 Feb. 42/2 A discount holiday—two weeks to the Costa Cheapo.

2010 Irish Times 15 May (Travel Suppl.) 10 (heading) Costa Cornwall.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	costa
释义	costan.¹ Brit. /ˈkɒstə/, U.S. /ˈkɑstə/ Inflections: Plural costae. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin costa. Etymology: < classical Latin costa rib, in post-classical Latin also midrib of a leaf (14th cent. in a British source), of unknown origin. 1. Anatomy and Zoology. A rib (rib n.¹ 1a). ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > rib > [noun] ribeOE rib bonec1400 side bone1620 costa1873 slats1898 1565 J. Hall Anat. 3rd Treat. iii. i. 67 in tr. Lanfranc Most Excellent Woorke Chirurg. And of rybbes there on eche side .xii. called Costæ. 1638 A. Read Man. Anat. Body of Man (new ed.) ii. i. 269 The fore part of it [sc. the brest] is called sternum, the sides costæ, and the hinder part dorsum. 1741 A. Monro Anat. Human Bones (ed. 3) 222 The Ribs are commonly divided into True and False. The True Costæ are the seven superior of each Side. 1873 St. G. Mivart Lessons Elem. Anat. ii. 35 Each rib, or costa..has a double attachment to the backbone. 1920 Clothing Trade Jrnl. Sept. 234/3 The scapula does not remain in its normal position, so much as the base and lower angle project through the forward position of the acromion just so much are they drawn again to the costae. a2008 D. F. Wallace Pale King (2011) xxxvi. 397 The great tight sheet of thoracolumbar fascia..connected his pelvis to his dorsal costae. 2. Any of various plant or animal structures thought to resemble a rib. Cf. rib n.¹ III. a. Botany. Originally: the midrib of a leaf (now rare). In later use also: any of the veins of a leaf, leaflet, or leaf-like part; spec. the main vein of a pinna of a fern. Cf. rib n.¹ 12a. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > [noun] > part or side of > rib or vein nerve?a1425 ribc1450 vein?c1450 sinew1551 brawn1601 master-vein1658 costa1699 venule1766 pen1773 surculus1775 midrib1793 venule1806 veinlet1807 rachis1830 nervure1842 nerving1854 1699 J. Evelyn Acetaria 11 The Costa, or Rib of the White Beet..being boil'd, melts, and eats like Marrow. 1725 J. Douglas Lilium Sarniense 14 The costa or rib..runs through it [sc. the flower leaf] lengthwise. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. (at cited word) A leaf may have many costæ. 1913 Bot. Gaz. 56 337 The rachis, like the costae of the pinnae beneath, clothed with several minute blackish scales. 2011 Amer. Fern Jrnl. 101 276 Asplenium abscissum..has erect rhizomes and rounded cross sections of stipes, rachises and costae even in dried specimens. b. Conchology. A rib-like ridge on a shell; = rib n.¹ 12d. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Mollusca > [noun] > Testacea (shelled molluscs) > shelled mollusc > shell > part of auricle1665 heel1673 lip1681 mouth1681 whirl1681 rib1711 antihelix1721 canal1734 columella1755 vesture1755 body whirl1776 fent1776 pillar1776 pillar-lip1776 septum1786 aperture1794 body whorl1807 costa1812 seam1816 spine1822 umbo1822 varix1822 peristome1828 summit1828 nucleus1833 concameration1835 lunula1835 nympha1836 nymph1839 lunule1842 peritreme1848 body chamber1851 axis1866 umbone1867 liration1904 1812 J. Sowerby Mineral Conchol. Great Brit. 121 Near the sides the costæ are less regular and smaller [in Pecten quadricostata]. 1866 R. Tate Plain & Easy Acct. Mollusks Great Brit. iv. 139 The disappearance of the costæ upon the shell. 1961 J. Stubblefield Davies's Introd. Palaeontol. (ed. 3) i. 19 The surface of the shell has radiating ridges or costae, crossed by much finer concentric lines. 2010 J. W. Tunnell et al. Encycl. Texas Seashells 191 Sculpture of 10 to 11 extremely convex whorls attached by extended bladelike costae [in Epitonium foliaceicosta]. c. Entomology. The vein nearest to or forming part of the anterior margin of an insect's wing; (also) the anterior margin itself. Cf. rib n.¹ 12c. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > [noun] > wings(s) > anterior border > nervure nearest to or costa costa1826 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. III. xxxv. 627 The Costa is usually the strongest of the nervures, and that upon which the wing seems to be built. 1895 J. H. Comstock & A. B. Comstock Man. Study Insects iii. 64 The principal veins of the wing..are termed..the costa,..the subcosta,..the cubitus, [etc.]. 1957 O. W. Richards & R. G. Davies Imms's Gen. Textbk. Entomol. (ed. 9) i. 39 The tegulae..are a pair of small scale-like sclerites carried at the extreme base of the costa of each fore wing. 2000 R. Dudley Biomech. Insect Flight (2002) ii. 53 The leading edge of the wing is defined by the costa and the subcosta, thickened veins that provide structural rigidity. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). costan.² Brit. /ˈkɒstə/, U.S. /ˈkoʊstə/, /ˈkɑstə/ Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish costa. Etymology: < Spanish costa coast (see coast n.), after e.g. Spanish Costa Brava (1910 or earlier; compare Catalan Costa Brava (1901 or earlier)), Costa del Sol (1931 or earlier), the names of various stretches of the Spanish Mediterranean coast which are popular with British holidaymakers. colloquial (humorous). As the first element in various invented place names indicating a Spanish or Spanish-like holiday resort; esp. (a) a place having (pretensions to) the qualities, ambience, etc., of a Spanish coastal resort, as Costa Cornwall; (b) a Spanish coastal area supposedly characterized in some way by the feature or quality suggested by the second element, as Costa Geriatrica, Costa del Crime, etc.In quot. 1964 with reference to a bomb disposal operation in Garrucha, Spain, which is likened to the British television series Thunderbirds. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > place of resort > [noun] to-draughta1400 repair1423 repairing1487 resorting place1525 common house1537 resort1565 place (also house) of repairc1595 purlieu1611 howff1711 crib1819 joint1821 hang-out1852 costa1964 1964 Daily Mirror 4 Feb. 17 (headline) Ssh! I'm listening for the geigers along the Costa del Thunderbirds. 1968 Guardian 24 Oct. 5/5 The Clyde coast should stop masquerading as the Costa Clyde. 1981 Sunday Tel. 1 Nov. 19/3 The Anglicised northern Costa Geriatrica of caravans and chip shops and pubs. 1984 Daily Tel. 30 Nov. 21/7 Life goes on as before for the wanted men on the 40-mile Mediterranean coastal strip from Malaga to Marbella, which has been dubbed the ‘Costa del Crime’. 1986 Listener 6 Feb. 42/2 A discount holiday—two weeks to the Costa Cheapo. 2010 Irish Times 15 May (Travel Suppl.) 10 (heading) Costa Cornwall. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1565n.²1964
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