coss

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun coss has 1 sense

coss(n = noun.quantity) kos - (in India) a unit of length having different values in different localities;

is a kind of linear measure, linear unit

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CIDE DICTIONARY

coss, n. [Cf. Pers. k a road measure of about two miles; or Skr. kr.].

A Hindoo measure of distance, varying from one and a half to two English miles. Whitworth. [1913 Webster]

coss, n. [It. cosa.].

A thing (only in phrase below). [1913 Webster]

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.]