Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation hyperbolic cosine
- noun A weighted weapon similar to a blackjack.
- transitive verb To attack or hit with or as if with this weapon.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The husk of corn.
- Neat; snug; quiet; comfortable.
- noun A cottage; a hovel.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- verb .
- transitive verb slang to hit (someone) with a cosh or similar bludgeon, usually on the head.
- noun slang a piece of leather-covered metal with a flexible handle; used for hitting people.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun trigonometry The symbol of the
hyperbolic function hyperbolic cosine . - noun trigonometry The symbol of the
hyperbolic function hyperbolic cosine . - noun A weapon made of leather-covered metal similar to a
blackjack . - noun Any of various sorts of
blunt instrument such asbludgeon ,truncheon or the like) (ref. 1991 edition of Chambers's Dictionary)
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb hit with a cosh, usually on the head
- noun a piece of metal covered by leather with a flexible handle; used for hitting people
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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England were under the cosh, having suffered through a massive partnership between Hussey and Brad Haddin that gave Australia a first‑innings lead of 221.
For cricket, read life: Andrew Strauss admits his 'sliding door' moment | Mike Selvey 2011
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Under the cosh in Auckland, they again found the right cards to play.
Rugby World Cup 2011: Time for France to take leaf out of England's book | Shaun Edwards 2011
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They're starting to turn the screw here and advance towardss the Ireland 22.60 min: An hour gone, Wales are five points clear and have a knackered looking Irish team very much under the cosh.
Rugby World Cup 2011: Ireland v Wales - live! | Barry Glendenning 2011
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Now would someone other than me, address the MET'S use of the cosh.
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Other news• The use of chemical cosh drugs for dementia patients will be cut as part of a "national action plan" proposed by a coalition of charities and private companies, reports the Daily Telegraph.
Society daily 26.10.2010 Patrick Butler 2010
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You saw that in how many finals we played and won even when we were under the cosh for a lot of the time.
Dietmar Hamann aims for the top again – with or without MK Dons Barney Ronay 2010
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England were under the cosh, having suffered through a massive partnership between Hussey and Brad Haddin that gave Australia a first‑innings lead of 221.
For cricket, read life: Andrew Strauss admits his 'sliding door' moment | Mike Selvey 2011
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Ham-radio records show that, during their time in Guyana, the Temple leaders ordered vast quantities of tranquilizers and Thorazine, "liquid cosh," in order to drug the members.
The Horror, The Horror John Gimlette 2011
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All good things come to he who waits at the dark alley with a cosh
Archive 2010-03-01 2010
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Peter Spencer, the Item Club's chief economist, said that even though the interest rate was likely to remain at its emergency level of 0.5% for at least three more years, consumers would "remain under the cosh".
UK's Nobel economics laureate Christopher Pissarides warns chancellor: don't axe jobless benefits Andrew Clark 2010
she commented on the word cosh
Also, a hut, or small cottage.
July 11, 2008
sionnach commented on the word cosh
Not to mention the hyperbolic cosine function. For which, oddly enough, the relationship holds that:
cosh (x) = cos (ix)
The value of the hyperbolic cosine is defined to be:
e^argument + e^-argument
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The trajectory described by the function is that of a catenary. Other names that have been given to the curve are chainette (French) and funicular curve.
The curve traces the shape taken by a (perfect, uniform) flexible and inextensible chain between two supports, as result of gravity. Galileo was wrong in supposing this curve is the parabola.
July 11, 2008
bilby commented on the word cosh
I'm really confused. She is talking houses, sionnach is talking theories-from-Uranus and WeirdNET just wants a bit o' good ol' biff.
July 11, 2008
knitandpurl commented on the word cosh
""I've said too much," she said, flustered. "It's the sherry, you see. Alf always says as 'ow sherry coshes the guard what's supposed to be keepin' watch on my tongue.""
The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag by Alan Bradley, p 275
May 10, 2010