coss

See also: COSS

English

Alternative forms

• koss

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi कोस (kos), from Sanskrit क्रोश (króśa, “cry, yell; measure of distance”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kɒs/
• Rhymes: -ɒs

Noun

coss (plural cosses or coss)

1. (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 2005, pp. 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.

See also

• rule of coss

Anagrams

• CSOs, SCOs, Socs, socs

Old English

Alternative forms

• cos, *cus

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kussaz.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /koss/, [kos]

Noun

coss m

1. kiss

   mid ānum cosse of þē

   with one kiss from you

Declension

Declension of coss (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	coss	cossas
accusative	coss	cossas
genitive	cosses	cossa
dative	cosse	cossum

Derived terms

• cyssan

Descendants

• Middle English: cos, cus, kis, kys, kysse
  • English: kiss
  • Scots: kis
  • Yola: kesse