COSSES

Noun

cosses

plural of coss

Source: Wiktionary


COSS

Coss (ks), n. Etym: [Cf. Pers. k a road measure of about two miles; or Skr. kr.]

Definition: A Hindoo measure of distance, varying from one and a half to two English miles. Whitworth.

Coss, n. Etym: [It. cosa.]

Definition: A thing (only in phrase below). Rule of Coss, an old name for Algebra. Etym: [It. regola di cosa rule of thing, the unknown quantity being called the cosa, or the thing.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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