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n. [ It. cosa. ] A thing (only in phrase below). [ 1913 Webster ]

Rule of Coss, an old name for Algebra. [ It. regola di cosa rule of thing, the unknown quantity being called the cosa, or the thing. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Russ. kozak', kazak': cf. Turk. kazāk. ] One of a warlike, pastoral people, skillful as horsemen, inhabiting different parts of the Russian empire and furnishing valuable contingents of irregular cavalry to its armies, those of Little Russia and those of the Don forming the principal divisions. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Mil.) An outpost consisting of four men, forming one of a single line of posts substituted for the more formal line of sentinels and line of pickets. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ F. ] Plain India muslin, of various qualities and widths. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. AS. cotsetla cottager, G. kossat, kothsasse, fr. kot, koth E. (cot) hut, and cf. also E. cade, a., cot a cade lamb. ] A lamb reared without the aid of the dam. Hence: A pet, in general. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To treat as a pet; to fondle. [ 1913 Webster ]

She was cosseted and posseted and prayed over and made much of. O. W. Holmes.

‖n. [ F. ] One of the small chips or slices into which beets are cut in sugar making. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ } a. [ It. cossico. See 2d Coss. ] Of or relating to algebra; as, cossic numbers, or the cossic art. [ Obs. ] “Art of numbers cossical.” Digges (1579). [ 1913 Webster ]