(n) a member of a Slavic people living in southern European Russia and Ukraine and adjacent parts of Asia and noted for their horsemanship and military skill; they formed an elite cavalry corps in czarist Russia
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
n. [ Cf. Pers. kōs a road measure of about two miles; or Skr. krōça. ] A Hindoo measure of distance, varying from one and a half to two English miles. Whitworth. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Russ. kozak', kazak': cf. Turk. kazāk. ] One of a warlike, pastoral people, skillful as horsemen, inhabiting different parts of the Russian empire and furnishing valuable contingents of irregular cavalry to its armies, those of Little Russia and those of the Don forming the principal divisions. [ 1913 Webster ]
. (Mil.) An outpost consisting of four men, forming one of a single line of posts substituted for the more formal line of sentinels and line of pickets. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. [ Cf. AS. cotsetla cottager, G. kossat, kothsasse, fr. kot, koth E. (cot) hut, and cf. also E. cade, a., cot a cade lamb. ] A lamb reared without the aid of the dam. Hence: A pet, in general. [ 1913 Webster ]
{ } a. [ It. cossico. See 2d Coss. ] Of or relating to algebra; as, cossic numbers, or the cossic art. [ Obs. ] “Art of numbers cossical.” Digges (1579). [ 1913 Webster ]
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