Summary: | cosh n _The foot_. The word _cos_ [cuss], a foot, is used locally to express the foot, or bottom or lower end of anything; the form found in Anglicised names is generally _cush_, which represents, not the nominative but the dative (_cois_, pron. _cush_), of the original word (p. 34). Cush and Cuss, i.e. foot, are names of some places in the middle and southern countries. [of rivers, mountians: also nearness] Jukes: _cosh_ 19415 J85 ERS WK 8 June 69 Used I Used I Not Used coish, BARASWAY 2 Checked by Jordyn Hughes Wed 22 Jun 2016
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