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cosh
(encz) | cosh, n: |
cosh
(gcide) | cosh \cosh\ n.
a piece of leather-covered metal with a flexible handle; used
for hitting people. [slang]
Syn: blackjack, sap.
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cosh
(gcide) | cosh \cosh\ v.
1. .
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cosh
(gcide) | cosh \cosh\ v. t.
to hit (someone) with a cosh or similar bludgeon, usually on
the head. [slang]
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cosh
(wn) | cosh
n 1: a piece of metal covered by leather with a flexible handle;
used for hitting people [syn: blackjack, cosh, sap]
v 1: hit with a cosh, usually on the head |
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cosher
(encz) | cosher, adj: |
Cosher
(gcide) | Cosher \Cosh"er\ (k?sh"?r), v. t. [Ir. cosair a feast, a
banquet? or cf. F. coucher to lie. Cf. Couch, Coshering.]
1. (Old Law) To levy certain exactions or tribute upon; to
lodge and eat at the expense of. See Coshering.
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2. To treat with hospitality; to pet. [Ireland]
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Cosherer
(gcide) | Cosherer \Cosh"er*er\ (k?sh"?r-?r), n.
One who coshers.
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Coshering
(gcide) | Coshering \Cosh"er*ing\, n. (Old Law)
A feudal prerogative of the lord of the soil entitling him to
lodging and food at his tenant's house. --Burrill.
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Sometimes he contrived, in deflance of the law, to live
by coshering, that is to say, by quartering himself on
the old tentants of his family, who, wretched as was
their own condition, could not refuse a portion of
their pittance to one whom they still regarded as their
rightful lord. --Macaulay.
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cosher
(wn) | cosher
adj 1: conforming to dietary laws; "kosher meat"; "a kosher
kitchen" [syn: kosher, cosher] |
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