customariness

[Eng.customary; -ne .] The quality of being customary, usual, or of frequent occurrence; frequency, commonne . "A vice which for its guilt may justify the sharpest, and for its customarine the frequentest, invectives, which can be made against it." -Government of the Tongue. cus-tom-ar-, *cus-tum-ar-ye, *cus-tumar-y, a. & s. [Low Lat. custumarius ; O. Fr. cous tumier ; Fr. coutumier .] [CUSTOM.] A. As adjective : IMG:content-1641.png:[blocks in formation] *2. One who collects tolls or tribute. ". Zaccheus' conversion from his evil way of covetousne and extortion, as a common customer." Mountagu : Appeal to Cæsar, p. 184. *3. A common woman; a prostitute. "I marry her! what? a customer ! "-Shakesp.: Othello , iv. 1. 4. A person with whom to deal or have anything to do. (Slang.) "Customer for you: rum customer too."- Bulwer : Eugene Aram , bk. i., ch. ii. B. As adjective : 1. Filling the office or place of a customer; pur chasing. "Such must be her relation with the customer country." -J. S. Mill . †2. Applied to goods made to special order, as opposed to ready made. dian, a curator. cus-tos, s. [Lat.=a guard.] A keeper, a guar *custos brevium, s. Eng . Law : A name formerly given to certain officers in the Courts of Queen's Bench and Common Pleas, who received and had the custody of all the writs returnable in their respective courts, field warrants, and various other documents connected I. Ordinary Language : 1. In conformity with established custom or with the busine of the courts. usage. “.. the customary marks of respects Macaulay: Hist. Eng., ch. xviii. 2. Usual, wonted, accustomed. "Her cottage, then a cheerful object, wore Its customary look, 3. Habitual. ." Words worth: Excursion, bk. i.