coss

See also: COSS

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi कोस (kos), from Sanskrit क्रोश (króśa, “cry, yell; measure of distance”).

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /kɒs/
  • Rhymes: -ɒs

Noun

coss (plural cosses or coss)

  1. (South Asia) A measure of distance, varying from one and a quarter to two and a half English miles.
    • 1888, Rudyard Kipling, 'In Flood Time', In Black and White, Folio Society, published 2005, pages 410–11:
      A full half koss from bank to bank is the stream now – you can see it under the stars – and there are ten feet of water therein.

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Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kussaz.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /koss/, [kos]

Noun

coss m

  1. kiss
    mid ānum cosse of þē
    with one kiss from you

Declension
Declension of coss (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative coss cossas
accusative coss cossas
genitive cosses cossa
dative cosse cossum

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Middle English: cos, cus, kis, kys, kysse, kesse
    • English: kiss
    • Scots: kis
    • Yola: kesse
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