coss
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- Words With Friends
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- Letters
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/kɒs/
Definition of coss
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(British, India, South-Asia)A measure of distance, varying from one and a quarter to two and a half English miles.
“[…] the distances (computed by marching-time as well as by reference to the Népálese kós of 2⅓ miles each) […]”
“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.”
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noun
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(British, India, South-Asia)A measure of distance, varying from one and a quarter to two and a half English miles.
“[…] the distances (computed by marching-time as well as by reference to the Népálese kós of 2⅓ miles each) […]”
“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.”
- (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncommon, uncountable)Initialism of commercial open-source software.
adj
- (alt-of, alternative, not-comparable)Alternative form of khass.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindustani کوس / कोस (kos). Doublet of krosa.
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