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coss
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Coss
(gcide) | Coss \Coss\ (k[o^]s), n. [Cf. Pers. k[=o]s a road measure of
about two miles; or Skr. kr[=o][,c]a.]
A Hindoo measure of distance, varying from one and a half to
two English miles. --Whitworth.
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Coss
(gcide) | Coss \Coss\, n. [It. cosa.]
A thing (only in phrase below).
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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.]
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coss
(wn) | coss
n 1: (in India) a unit of length having different values in
different localities [syn: kos, coss] |
coss
(foldoc) | COSS
Common Object Services Specification in CORBA.
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coss
(vera) | COSS
Common Object Services Specification
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cossack
(encz) | cossack,kozácký adj: Zdeněk Brožcossack,kozák n: Zdeněk Brož |
cossacks
(encz) | cossacks,kozáci n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
cosset
(encz) | cosset,hýčkat v: Zdeněk Brožcosset,rozmazlovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
Coss
(gcide) | Coss \Coss\ (k[o^]s), n. [Cf. Pers. k[=o]s a road measure of
about two miles; or Skr. kr[=o][,c]a.]
A Hindoo measure of distance, varying from one and a half to
two English miles. --Whitworth.
[1913 Webster]Coss \Coss\, n. [It. cosa.]
A thing (only in phrase below).
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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.]
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Cossack
(gcide) | Cossack \Cos"sack\ (k?s"s?k), n. [Russ. kozak', kazak': cf.
Turk. kaz[=a]k.]
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.
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Cossack post
(gcide) | Cossack post \Cos"sack post\ (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.
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Cossas
(gcide) | Cossas \Cos"sas\ (k?s"s?s), n. [F.]
Plain India muslin, of various qualities and widths.
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Cosset
(gcide) | Cosset \Cos"set\ (k?s"s?t), 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]Cosset \Cos"set\, v. t.
To treat as a pet; to fondle.
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She was cosseted and posseted and prayed over and made
much of. --O. W.
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Cossette
(gcide) | Cossette \Cos*sette"\, n. [F.]
One of the small chips or slices into which beets are cut in
sugar making.
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Cossic
(gcide) | Cossic \Cos"sic\ (k?s"s?k), Cossical \Cos"sic*al\ (-s?-kal), 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).
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Cossical
(gcide) | Cossic \Cos"sic\ (k?s"s?k), Cossical \Cos"sic*al\ (-s?-kal), 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).
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Cossus ligniperda
(gcide) | Goat \Goat\ (g[=o]t), n. [OE goot, got, gat, AS. g[=a]t; akin to
D. geit, OHG. geiz, G. geiss, Icel. geit, Sw. get, Dan. ged,
Goth. gaits, L. haedus a young goat, kid.] (Zool.)
A hollow-horned ruminant of the genus Capra, of several
species and varieties, esp. the domestic goat ({Capra
hircus}), which is raised for its milk, flesh, and skin.
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Note: The Cashmere and Angora varieties of the goat have
long, silky hair, used in the manufacture of textile
fabrics. The wild or bezoar goat (Capra [ae]gagrus),
of Asia Minor, noted for the bezoar stones found in its
stomach, is supposed to be one of the ancestral species
of the domestic goat. The Rocky Mountain goat
(Haplocercus montanus) is more nearly related to the
antelopes. See Mazame.
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Goat antelope (Zool), one of several species of antelopes,
which in some respects resemble a goat, having recurved
horns, a stout body, large hoofs, and a short, flat tail,
as the goral, thar, mazame, and chikara.
Goat fig (Bot.), the wild fig.
Goat house.
(a) A place for keeping goats.
(b) A brothel. [Obs.]
Goat moth (Zool.), any moth of the genus Cossus, esp. the
large European species (Cossus ligniperda), the larva of
which burrows in oak and willow trees, and requires three
years to mature. It exhales an odor like that of the
he-goat.
Goat weed (Bot.), a scrophulariaceous plant, of the genus
Capraria (Capraria biflora).
Goat's bane (Bot.), a poisonous plant ({Aconitum
Lucoctonum}), bearing pale yellow flowers, introduced from
Switzerland into England; wolfsbane.
Goat's foot (Bot.), a kind of wood sorrel ({Oxalis
caprina}) growing at the Cape of Good Hope.
Goat's rue (Bot.), a leguminous plant (Galega officinalis
of Europe, or Tephrosia Virginiana in the United
States).
Goat's thorn (Bot.), a thorny leguminous plant ({Astragalus
Tragacanthus}), found in the Levant.
Goat's wheat (Bot.), the genus Tragopyrum (now referred
to Atraphaxis).
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'Ecossaise
(gcide) | 'Ecossaise \['E]`cos`saise"\, n. [F.] (Mus.)
A dancing tune in the Scotch style.
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Petrocossyphus cyaneas
(gcide) | Blue \Blue\ (bl[=u]), a. [Compar. Bluer (bl[=u]"[~e]r);
superl. Bluest.] [OE. bla, blo, blew, blue, livid, black,
fr. Icel.bl[=a]r livid; akin to Dan. blaa blue, Sw. bl[*a],
D. blauw, OHG. bl[=a]o, G. blau; but influenced in form by F.
bleu, from OHG. bl[=a]o.]
1. Having the color of the clear sky, or a hue resembling it,
whether lighter or darker; as, the deep, blue sea; as blue
as a sapphire; blue violets. "The blue firmament."
--Milton.
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2. Pale, without redness or glare, -- said of a flame; hence,
of the color of burning brimstone, betokening the presence
of ghosts or devils; as, the candle burns blue; the air
was blue with oaths.
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3. Low in spirits; melancholy; as, to feel blue.
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4. Suited to produce low spirits; gloomy in prospect; as,
thongs looked blue. [Colloq.]
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5. Severe or over strict in morals; gloom; as, blue and sour
religionists; suiting one who is over strict in morals;
inculcating an impracticable, severe, or gloomy mortality;
as, blue laws.
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6. Literary; -- applied to women; -- an abbreviation of
bluestocking. [Colloq.]
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The ladies were very blue and well informed.
--Thackeray.
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Blue asbestus. See Crocidolite.
Blue black, of, or having, a very dark blue color, almost
black.
Blue blood. See under Blood.
Blue buck (Zool.), a small South African antelope
(Cephalophus pygm[ae]us); also applied to a larger
species ([AE]goceras leucoph[ae]us); the blaubok.
Blue cod (Zool.), the buffalo cod.
Blue crab (Zool.), the common edible crab of the Atlantic
coast of the United States (Callinectes hastatus).
Blue curls (Bot.), a common plant ({Trichostema
dichotomum}), resembling pennyroyal, and hence called also
bastard pennyroyal.
Blue devils, apparitions supposed to be seen by persons
suffering with delirium tremens; hence, very low
spirits. "Can Gumbo shut the hall door upon blue devils,
or lay them all in a red sea of claret?" --Thackeray.
Blue gage. See under Gage, a plum.
Blue gum, an Australian myrtaceous tree ({Eucalyptus
globulus}), of the loftiest proportions, now cultivated in
tropical and warm temperate regions for its timber, and as
a protection against malaria. The essential oil is
beginning to be used in medicine. The timber is very
useful. See Eucalyptus.
Blue jack, Blue stone, blue vitriol; sulphate of copper.
Blue jacket, a man-of war's man; a sailor wearing a naval
uniform.
Blue jaundice. See under Jaundice.
Blue laws, a name first used in the eighteenth century to
describe certain supposititious laws of extreme rigor
reported to have been enacted in New Haven; hence, any
puritanical laws. [U. S.]
Blue light, a composition which burns with a brilliant blue
flame; -- used in pyrotechnics and as a night signal at
sea, and in military operations.
Blue mantle (Her.), one of the four pursuivants of the
English college of arms; -- so called from the color of
his official robes.
Blue mass, a preparation of mercury from which is formed
the blue pill. --McElrath.
Blue mold or Blue mould, the blue fungus ({Aspergillus
glaucus}) which grows on cheese. --Brande & C.
Blue Monday,
(a) a Monday following a Sunday of dissipation, or itself
given to dissipation (as the Monday before Lent).
(b) a Monday considered as depressing because it is a
workday in contrast to the relaxation of the weekend.
Blue ointment (Med.), mercurial ointment.
Blue Peter (British Marine), a blue flag with a white
square in the center, used as a signal for sailing, to
recall boats, etc. It is a corruption of blue repeater,
one of the British signal flags.
Blue pill. (Med.)
(a) A pill of prepared mercury, used as an aperient, etc.
(b) Blue mass.
Blue ribbon.
(a) The ribbon worn by members of the order of the Garter;
-- hence, a member of that order.
(b) Anything the attainment of which is an object of great
ambition; a distinction; a prize. "These
[scholarships] were the --blue ribbon of the college."
--Farrar.
(c) The distinctive badge of certain temperance or total
abstinence organizations, as of the --Blue ribbon
Army.
Blue ruin, utter ruin; also, gin. [Eng. Slang] --Carlyle.
Blue spar (Min.), azure spar; lazulite. See Lazulite.
Blue thrush (Zool.), a European and Asiatic thrush
(Petrocossyphus cyaneas).
Blue verditer. See Verditer.
Blue vitriol (Chem.), sulphate of copper, a violet blue
crystallized salt, used in electric batteries, calico
printing, etc.
Blue water, the open ocean.
Big Blue, the International Business Machines corporation.
[Wall Street slang.] PJC
To look blue, to look disheartened or dejected.
True blue, genuine and thorough; not modified, nor mixed;
not spurious; specifically, of uncompromising
Presbyterianism, blue being the color adopted by the
Covenanters.
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For his religion . . .
'T was Presbyterian, true blue. --Hudibras.
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Rule of Coss
(gcide) | Coss \Coss\, n. [It. cosa.]
A thing (only in phrase below).
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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.]
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cossack
(wn) | Cossack
n 1: 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 |
cosset
(wn) | cosset
v 1: treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper
the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!" [syn:
pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby,
coddle, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge] |
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