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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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