Defn: A contraction of cousin. Shak.
COZEN
Coz"en (kz"'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cozened (-'nd); p. pr. & vb. n.
Cozening (-'n-ng). ] Etym: [From cousin, hence, literally, to deceive
through pretext of relationship, F. cousiner.]
Defn: To cheat; to defrand; to beguile; to deceive, usually by small
arts, or in a pitiful way.
He had cozened the world by fine phrases. Macualay.
Children may be cozened into a knowledge of the letters. Locke.
Goring loved no man so well but that he would cozen him, and expose
him to public mirth for having been cozened. Clarendon.
COZEN
Coz"en, v. i.
Defn: To deceive; to cheat; to act deceitfully.
Some cogging,cozening slave. Shak.
COZENAGE
Coz"en*age (-j), n. Etym: [See Cozen, and cf. Cousinage.]
Defn: The art or practice of cozening; artifice; fraud. Shak.
COZENER
Coz"en*er (kz"'n-r), n.
Defn: One who cheats or defrauds.
COZIER
Co*zier (k"zhr), n.