Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A kiss.
- n. The unknown quantity in an algebraic problem. Also cos, cosa.
- n. In India, a road-measure of variable extent, ranging from 1 to 2 miles (rarely more), being usually about 1½ miles, especially in Bengal.
Wiktionary
- n. India A measure of distance in India, varying from one and a quarter to two and a half English miles.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A Hindoo measure of distance, varying from one and a half to two English miles.
- n. A thing (only in phrase below).
WordNet 3.0
- n. (in India) a unit of length having different values in different localities
Etymologies
- From Hindi कोस (kos), Pali koss, from Sanskrit क्रोश (króśa, "cry, yell; measure of distance"). (Wiktionary)
Examples
“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.”
“The 17th to _Sinan_, [146] fourteen coss, which is an ancient city, where they manufacture great store of cottons.”
“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
“Der manies enjuns to make chatz, sum donut coss nuffin.”
i iz abowt to - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
“Soez iz teh dribe trane – n teh peddles – n teh steeer weele – OOOO Iz REELEE gonna coss a lotz!”
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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”
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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.”
“They gettin twice the dope they should be gettin cause they payin for it with bills coss”
“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.”
“From its flat roof a body of horse had been seen in the distance, nearly a coss away.”
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