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Coss
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Part of speech: noun (n.)
A Hindoo measure of distance, varying from one and a half to two English miles. Whitworth.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: noun (n.)
A thing (only in phrase below). Rule of Coss, an old name for Algebra. Etym: [It. regola di cosa rule of thing, the unknown quantity being called the cosa, or the thing.]