An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

COSIE, COZIE, adj. Warm, comfortable, snug, well-sheltered, S.
Burns.

This seems radically the same with Cosh.

Cosiely, adv. Snugly, comfortably, S.
Ramsay.

COSINGNACE, s.
1. A relation by blood, a cousin.
Bellenden.
2. A grand-daughter; or a niece.
Bellenden.

To COSS, v. a. To exchange.
V. [Cose].

COST, s. Side.
V. [Coist].

COSTAGE, s. Expence.
Douglas.

To COSTAY, v. n. To coast.
Wyntown.

COSSNENT, s. To work at cossnent, to receive wages without victuals, S.
To work black cossnent, to work without meat or wages, Ayr.

Fr. caust aneanti, cost abrogated, q. expences not borne.