coss
See also: COSS
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Borrowed from Hindi कोस (kos), from Sanskrit क्रोश (króśa, “cry, yell; measure of distance”).
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coss (plural cosses or coss)
- (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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From Proto-Germanic *kussaz.
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coss m
- kiss
- mid ānum cosse of þē
- with one kiss from you
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Declension of coss (strong a-stem)