Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A kiss.
- noun The unknown quantity in an algebraic problem. Also cos, cosa.
- noun In India, a road-measure of variable extent, ranging from 1 to 2 miles (rarely more), being usually about 1½ miles, especially in Bengal.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A Hindoo measure of distance, varying from one and a half to two English miles.
- noun A thing (only in phrase below).
- noun an old name for
Algebra . [It.regola di cosa rule of thing, the unknown quantity being called thecosa , or the thing.]
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- noun India A measure of distance in India, varying from one and a quarter to two and a half English miles.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (in India) a unit of length having different values in different localities
Etymologies
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Examples
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And between these two places, which are 120 coss distant, there is a pillar erected at every _coss_, and a fair house every ten coss, built by Akbar, on occasion of making a pilgrimage on foot from Agra to Agimere, saying his prayers at the end of every coss.
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The 17th to _Sinan_, [146] fourteen coss, which is an ancient city, where they manufacture great store of cottons.
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It could be fixed by making it a one-time up-front cost to coss the U.S. border legally.
Thoughts on Immigration, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Der manies enjuns to make chatz, sum donut coss nuffin.
i iz abowt to - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Soez iz teh dribe trane – n teh peddles – n teh steeer weele – OOOO Iz REELEE gonna coss a lotz!
ooh, this not b cheep - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Ooh, i be wishin that. mi kitteh coss mee ninedy dollahs… mi ma siksty, mee firty. it wuz mi birfday prezent, but stil, he be fum a sheltur… hee be pizeless
Kittehs - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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The report pinpointed poor hand washing techniques, an overcrowded, understaffed and under-equipped neo-natal unit, and the multi-use of equipment and medication to save coss, as contributing factors.
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They gettin twice the dope they should be gettin cause they payin for it with bills coss
Money, Money, Money McBain, Ed, 1926- 2001
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"If you make your way to the village -- it is three coss on the other side of the river -- you may capture him, sir, as well as regain my property, a third of which is yours."
In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India Herbert Strang
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From its flat roof a body of horse had been seen in the distance, nearly a coss away.
In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India Herbert Strang
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