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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Cōs'en, v. t. p. 298See COZEN.Cōs'en-age, n. p. 298See COZENAGE.Cŏs'en-ing, n. p. 298(O. Eng. Law.) Any thing done deceitfully, and which could not be properly designated by any special name. Burrill.Co-sĕn'tient, a. p. 298Perceiving together.Cō'sey, a. p. 298See COZY.Cŏsh'er, v. t. p. 298(O. Eng. Law.) To levy certain exactions or tribute upon.Cōsh'er-er, n. p. 298One who coshers, or levies exactions.Cōsh'er-ing, n. p. 298(O. Eng. Law.) A feudal prerogative or custom for lords to lie and feast themselves at their tenants' houses. Burrill. Sometimes he contrived, in defiance of the law, to live by coshering, that is to…Cō'sier, n. p. 298A tailor who botches his work. [Obs.] Shak.Cō-sig-nīf'i-ca-tīve, a. p. 298Having the same signification. [Obs.] Cock'eram.Cō'si-ly, adv. p. 298See COZILY.Cōs'in-ağe, n. p. 298(Law.) (a.) Collateral relationship or kindred by blood; consanguinity. Burrill. (b.) A writ to recover possession of an estate in lands, when a stranger has entered, after the death of the…Cō'-sine, n. p. 298(Geom.) The sine of the complement of an arc or angle.Cos-mēt'ic or Cos-mēt'ic-al, a. p. 298Improving beauty, particularly the beauty of the complexion. First, robed in white, the nymph intent adores, With head uncovered, the cosmetic powers. Pope.Cos-mēt'ic, n. p. 298Any external application that helps to beautify and improve the complexion.Cōs'mic or Cōs'mic-al, a. p. 298Pertaining to the universe, and having special reference to universal law or order, or to the one grand harmonious system of things. 2. Pertaining to the solar system as a whole, and not to the earth…Cōs'mic-al-ly, adv. p. 298With the sun at rising or setting: as, a star is said to rise or set cosmically when it rises or sets with the sun.Cos-mŏg'o-nal or Cŏs'mo-gŏn'ic or Cŏs'mo-gŏn'ic-al, a. p. 299Belonging to cosmogony. B. Powell.Cos-mŏg'o-nĭst, n. p. 299One who treats of the origin or formation of the universe; one who is versed in cosmogony.Cos-mōg′o-ny, n. p. 299The doctrine or science of the generation, origin, or creation of the world or universe. Did he not talk a long string of learning about Greek cosmogony, and the world? Goldsmith.Cos-mŏg'ra-pher, n. p. 299One who describes the world or universe, including the heavens and the earth; one who is versed in cosmography.Cōs′mo·grāph′ic, a. p. 299Cōs′mo-grāph′ic-al p. 299Relating to the general description of the universe; pertaining to cosmography.Cōs′mo-grāph′ie-al-ly, adv. p. 299In a manner relating to the science of describing the universe, or corresponding to cosmography.Cos-mŏg'ra-phy, n. p. 299A description of the world or universe; or the science which teaches the constitution of the whole system of worlds, or the figure, disposition, and relation of all its parts, and the manner of…Cŏs'mo-lābe, n. p. 299An instrument resembling the astrolabe, formerly used for measuring the angles between heavenly bodies;—called also pantacōsm. [Obs.] Davies.Cos-mŏl'a-try, n. p. 299The worship paid to the world or its parts by the heathen. Cudworth.Cōs′mo-lŏg′ie-al, a. p. 299Relating to a discourse or treatise of the world, or to the science of the universe; pertaining to cosmology.Cos-mŏl′o-gĭst, n. p. 299One who describes the universe; one who is versed in cosmology.Cos-mŏl′-o-gy, n. p. 299The science of the world or universe; or a treatise relating to the structure and parts of the system of creation, the elements of bodies, the modifications of material things, the laws of motion…Cos-mŏm'e-try, n. p. 299The art of measuring in degrees the world or sphere. Blount.Cŏs′mo-plās′tic, a. p. 299World-forming; pertaining to the formation of the world. “Cosmoplastic and hylozoic atheisms.” Cudworth.Cōs′mo-pōl′i-tan or Cōs-mōp′o-lite, n. p. 299A person who has no fixed residence; one who is nowhere a stranger, or who is at home in every place; a citizen of the world.Cŏs'mo-pŏl'i-tan-ism, n. p. 299Cosmopolitanism.Cōs′mo·po·lit′i·cal, a. p. 299Having the character of a cosmopolite. [Rare.] Hackluyt.Cos-mōp'o-li-tĭsm, n. p. 299The condition or character of a cosmopolite; disregard of national or local peculiarities and prejudices.Cōs′/mo-rā′/mā or Cōs/mo-rā′/mā, n. p. 299An exhibition, through a lens or lenses, of a number of drawings or paintings of cities, buildings, landscapes, and the like, in different parts of the world, with suitable arrangements for…Cōs′/mo-rām′ic, a. p. 299Pertaining to a cosmorama.Cŏs'mos, n. p. 299The universe or universality of created things; — so called from its perfect arrangement. 2. The doctrine of the universe; the system of law, harmony, and truth combined within the universe. Humboldt.Cŏs′mo-sphēre′, n. p. 299An apparatus for showing the position of the earth, at any given time, with respect to the fixed stars. It consists of a hollow glass globe, on which are depicted the stars forming the…Cōs′mo-thē′tic, a. p. 299(Metaph.) Assuming or positing the actual existence or reality of the physical or external world. Cosmothe tic idealists (Metaph.), those who assume, without attempting to prove, the reality of…Cōss, n. p. 299A Hindoo measure of one English mile and a quarter, nearly. Rule of Coss, an early name for algebra, probably from the Italian Regola di Cosa, the rule of the thing, the unknown number being called…Cōs'sack, n. p. 299(Geog.) One of a military people, skillful as horsemen, inhabiting different parts of the Russian empire, especially the southern and south-eastern portions, those of Little Russia and those of the…Cōs'sart, n. p. 299Same as COSSET. [Rare.]Cōs'sas, n. pl. p. 299Plain India muslins, of various qualities and breadths.Cōs'set, n. p. 299A lamb reared without the aid of the dam. 2. A pet in general.Cōs'set, v. t. p. 299To fondle.Cōs'sie or Cōs'sie-al, a. p. 299Relating to algebra. [Obs.] “Art of numbers cossical.” Digges, 1579.Cōst, n. p. 299A rib; a side. [Obs.] “Betwixt the costs of a ship.” B. Jonson.Cōst, n. p. 299The amount paid, charged, or engaged to be paid, for any thing bought or taken in barter; charge; expense; hence, whatever, as labor, self-denial, suffering, &c., is requisite to secure benefit. One…Cŏst, v. t. p. 299To require to be given, expended, or laid out therefor, as in barter, purchase, acquisition, &c. A diamond gone, cost me two thousand ducats in Frankfort. Shak. My lord, I am for you though it cost…Cŏs'tĭs, n. p. 299(Anat.) A rib of the body of an animal. 2. (Bot.) A rib or vein of a leaf, especially the midrib or principal vein. 3. (Entom.) The rib in the wing of an insect situated nearest its anterior margin.…Cōst'age, n. p. 299That which any thing costs; expense; cost. [Obs.] Chaucer.Cōs'tal, a. p. 299Pertaining to the side of the body or the ribs; as, costal nerves. 2. (Bot. & Entom.) Relating to a costa, or rib.Cōs'tard, n. p. 299A large apple. Apples be so divers of form and substance that it were infinite to describe them all; some consist more of air than water . . . ; others of water more than wind, as your costards and…Cŏs'tard-mōn'ger or Cŏs'ter-mōn'ger, n. p. 299An apple-seller; — applied also to hawkers and peddlers who sell any kind of fruit; a fruiterer.Cōs'tate, a. p. 299Cōs'tā-ted p. 299Having ribs, or the appearance of ribs.Cōs'tēan, v. i. p. 299To search after metallic lodes. Pryce.Cōs'tēan-ing, n. p. 299The process by which miners seek to discover metallic lodes. It consists in sinking small pits through the superficial deposits to the solid rock, and then driving from one pit to another across the…