7 October 2017

cosh(1)

[kosh] Chiefly British Slang.

noun

1. a blackjack; bludgeon.
verb (used with object)
2. to hit on the head with a cosh.

Origin of cosh(1)

1865-70; perhaps; Romany kosh, koshter stick

cosh(2)

[kosh]

noun, Mathematics.

1. hyperbolic cosine.

Origin

First recorded in 1870-75; cos(ine) + h(yperbolic)

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Historical Examples

In his left pocket there was a cosh and in his right a revolver.
Tartarin de Tarascon
Alphonse Daudet

The cosh was a foot length of iron rod, with a knob at one end, and a hook (or a ring) at the other.
A Child of the Jago
Arthur Morrison

Today’s quote

Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.

– Edgar Allan Poe

On this day

7 October 1849 – death of Edgar Allan Poe, American poet and novelist, The Raven. Born 19 January 1809.

7 October 1913 – Henry Ford implements the moving assembly line … changing the face of manufacturing forever.

7 October 1931 – birth of Desmond Tutu, Anglican Archbishop of South Africa. Won a Nobel Peace Prize in 1984.

7 October 2001 – United States invades Afghanistan as they hunt for Osama Bin Laden and to take down the Taliban government for allowing him to live there. It was nearly 10 years later, in 2011, that US Special Forces captured and killed Bin Laden in Pakistan.