Defn: Same as Pantheism. [R.]
COSMOTHETIC
Cos`mo*thet"ic (kz`m-tht"k), a. Etym: [Gr. (Metaph.)
Defn: Assuming or positing the actual existence or reality of the physical or external world. Cosmothetic idealists (Metaph.), those who assume, without attempting to prove, the reality of external objects as corresponding to, and being the ground of, the ideas of which only the mind has direct cognizance. The cosmothetic idealists . . . deny that mind is immediately conscious of matter. Sir W. Hamilton.
COSOVEREIGN
Co*sov"er*eign (k-sv"r-n or k-sv"-), n.
Defn: A joint sovereign.
COSS Coss (ks), n. Etym: [Cf. Pers. k a road measure of about two miles; or Skr. kr.]
Defn: A Hindoo measure of distance, varying from one and a half to two English miles. Whitworth.
COSS
Coss, n. Etym: [It. cosa.]
Defn: A thing (only in phrase below). Rule of Coss, an old name for Algebra. Etym: [It. regola di cosa rule of thing, the unknown quantity being called the cosa, or the thing.]
COSSACK
Cos"sack (ks"sk), n. Etym: [Russ. kozak', kazak': cf. Turk. kaz.]