What does "coss" mean?
Coss: A Hindoo measure of distance, varying from one and a half to two English miles. Whitworth.
Additional senses
- 2.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.]
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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