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单词 costern
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costernn.

Forms: 1600s costern, 1600s costerne.
Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: cistern n.
Etymology: Probably a scribal error for, or an editorial misreading of, cistern n., although perhaps compare coaster n. 6.
Obsolete.
Probably: = cistern n.; (perhaps also) a tray, a stand for a decanter; = coaster n. 6.
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1633 in M. S. Henderson Three Cent. in North Oxfordshire (1902) 220 Item, Pewter Platters of diverse sortes, 8 doz. & 10 platters.., three great flaggons two quart potts, one pott costerne one cullinder one baie pott one puddinge coffin.
1641 R. Boyle Diary 4 Aug. in Lismore Papers (1886) 1st Ser. V. 183 Paid..ffor a Lardge silver costern, weighing 680 ownces.
1661 Inventory T. Miller (Hertforshire Rec. Office A25/3602) in www.winslow-history.org.uk (O.E.D. Archive) It(em) in the yard two carts and one paire of wheeles one stone costerne.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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