Found 2 items, similar to Coss.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: coss
coss
n : an Indian unit of length having different values in
different localities [syn:
kos]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Coss
Coss
\Coss\ (k[o^]s), n. [Cf. Pers. k[=o]s a road measure of
about two miles; or Skr. kr[=o][,c]a.]
A Hindoo measure of distance, varying from one and a half to
two English miles. --Whitworth.
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Coss
\Coss\, n. [It. cosa.]
A thing (only in phrase below).
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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.]
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