cossid

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cossid¹

  • /ˈkɒsɪd/ UK

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From Arabic قَاصِد (qāṣid, “courier”).

noun cossids · cosset

  1. A courier or messenger. On the 28th April a cossid arrived here from the Sirdars of Candahar, with letters from Dost Mahomed Khan, and Nawab Jubbar Khan.

cossid²

  • /ˈkɒsɪd/ UK

noun cossids

  1. Any moth of the family Cossidae of carpenter miller moths.

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