coss

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Definition

noun (in India) a unit of length having different values in different localities
noun ratio of the adjacent side to the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle
noun lettuce with long dark-green leaves in a loosely packed elongated head

Borrowed from Hindustani کوس / कोस (kos). Doublet of krosa.

"Mary," quod þat oþer mon, "myn is bi-hynde, [H] For I haf hunted al þis day, & no3t haf I geten, 1944 [I] Bot þis foule fox felle, þe fende haf þe gode3, [J] & þat is ful pore, for to pay for suche prys þinges, As 3e haf þry3t me here, þro suche þre cosses, so gode." — Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight: An Alliterative Romance-Poem (c. 1360 A.D.), Unknown

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