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COSE

\kˈə͡ʊs], \kˈə‍ʊs], \k_ˈəʊ_s]\

Definitions of COSE

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1985 - The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English

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Anything snug, comfortable, or cosey: specifically, a snug conversation. Written also COZE. "They might have a comfortable coze."-Miss Austen.
To be snug, comfortable, or cosey. "The sailors cose round the fire with wife and child."-Kingsley.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

Common Open Software Environment. An initiative byHewlett-Packard, Sun, IBM, Novell, Univel and SCO to movetoward consistency and interoperability between Unixsuppliers.

1985 - The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
By Denis Howe

k[=o]z, v.i. to make one's self cosy.--adj. COSH (Scot.), cosy, snug. [See COSY.]

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

Make oneself cosy.

1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
By Sir Augustus Henry

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