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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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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…Cos-tē'late, a. p. 299Finely ribbed or costated.Cōs'ter, n. p. 299One who hawks about fruit, green vegetables, fish, &c.Cōst'-free, adv. p. 299Without outlay or expense. Her duties being to talk French, and her privileges to live cost-free and to gather scraps of knowledge. Thackeray.Cōs'tive, a. p. 299Retaining fecal matter in the bowels; having the excrements obstructed, or the motion of the bowels too slow; constipated. 2. Unable or unwilling to give forth; reserved; formal; close; cold. [Obs.]…Côs'tive-ly, adv. p. 299With costiveness.Côs'tive-ness, n. p. 299An unnatural detention of the fecal matter of the bowels; constipation.Cŏst'less, a. p. 299Costing nothing. Barrow.Cŏst'li-ness, n. p. 299Great cost or expense; expensiveness; sumptuousness.Côst'ly, a. p. 299Of great cost; of a high price; sumptuous; expensive. He had fitted up his palace in the most costly and sumptuous style, for the accommodation of the princess. Prescott.Cōst'ma-ry, n. p. 299(Bot.) A species of Balsamita (B. vulgaris), having a strong balsamic smell, and nearly allied to tansy; —called also ale-cost. London.Cŏs'trel, n. p. 299A bottle of earth or wood having ears by which it was suspended at the side. [Obs.] Wright. A youth, that, following with a costrel, bore The means of goodly welcome, flesh and wine. Tennyson.Cos-tūme' or Côs'tūme, n. p. 299An established manner, mode, or style, especially of dress, adopted in a particular country or province, or belonging to a particular period of time. 2. Such an arrangement of accessories, as in a…Cos-tūm'er, n. p. 299One who makes or deals in costumes, as for theaters, fancy balls, &c.Côst'ū-oŭs, a. p. 299Expensive; costly. [Obs.] Bale.Cō-sŭf'fer-er, n. p. 299One who suffers with another.Cô'-su-prēme', n. p. 299A partaker of supremacy. Shak.Cō-sure'ty, n. p. 299One who is surety with another.Cô'sy, a. p. 299See COZY.Cōt or Cōte, n. p. 299A small house; a cottage or hut; also, a shed or inclosure for beasts. “The sheltered cot, the cultivated farm.” Goldsmith. Watching where shepherds pen their flocks, at eve, In hurdled cotes.…Cŏt or Cŏtt, n. p. 299A sleeping place of limited size or elevation; a little bed; a cradle; a piece of canvas extended by a frame, used as a bed in ships.Co-tāb'ū-lāte, v. t. p. 299See CONTABULATE.cō-tăn′gent, n. p. 299(Geom.) The tangent of the complement of an arc or angle.Côte, n. p. 299See Cot.Cōte, v. t. p. 299To go side by side with; hence, to pass by. [Obs.] We coted them on the way, and hither are they coming. Shak.Cōte, v. t. p. 299To quote. [Obs.] See QUOTE.Co-tĕm'po-rā'ne-oŭs, a. p. 299Living or being at the same time.Co-tĕm’po-rā’ne-oŭs-ly, adv. p. 299At the same time with some other event.Co-tēm'po-ra-ry, a. p. 299Living or being at the same time; as, cotemporary authors.Co-tēm'po-ra-ry, n. p. 299One who lives at the same time with another.