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COSMO'DELYTE, /. fof y.o<r^c, the world, and 
fearful.] One fearful of the world; a worldly 
wretch. 
COSMO'GONY, f [x-oerpoytmu, of xocry.(&‘ and yevex, 
Gr. generation.] The fcience of the formation of the 
univerfe; as diftinguifhed from cofmography, which is 
the fcience of the parts of the univerfe, fuppoling it 
formed, and in the date we behold it; and from cofmo- 
logy, which reafons on the actual and permanent date 
ot the world as it now is; whereas cofmogony rea- 
lons on the variable date of the world at the time of its 
formation. 
COS'MOGRAPHER, f. [ccfmographc , Fr. cofmografa , 
Tt. and Sp. cofmograpkus, Lat. xooy/.oypcup©-', of y.ocry.®*, 
the world, and y^a-tpa, Gr. todefcribe.] One who writes 
a defcription ot the world ; diftinct from geographer, 
who defcribes the lituation of particular countries.— 
'Die ancient cofmographers do place the dividon of the 
eaft and wedern hemifphere, that is, the drd term of 
longitude, in the Canary or Fortunate Iflands, conceiving 
thele parts the extremed habitations wedward. Brown. 
COSMOGR A'PHICAL, adj. Relating to the general 
defcription of the world. 
COSMOGR A'PHICALEY, adv. In a manner relat¬ 
ing to the fcience by which the ftructure of tire world 
is difcovered and defcribed.—The terella, or fpherical 
magnet, cojmcgraphically fet out with circles of the globe. 
Brown. 
COSMO'GRAPHY, f. [ cofmographie , Fr. cofmografa. 
It. and Sp. cofmographia, Lat. y.oa-yoyfcctpux., of xoo-yjSr, 
the world, and ypoupio, Gr. to defcribe.] The defcription 
of the world, or the art that teaches the conftrudtion, 
figure, difpofition, and relation, of all the parts of the 
world, with the manner of reprefenting them on a plane. 
It conlids chiefly of two parts; viz, adronomy, which 
diews the ftrudture of the heavens, with the difpofition 
of the dars ; and geography, which diews thole of the 
earth.—Here it might fee the world without travel; it 
being a lefler fcheme of the creation, nature contracted, 
a little cofmography , or map of the univerfe. South. 
Cosmography is defcribed iconologically by a wo¬ 
man advanced in years, danding between two globes, 
the celedial and terredrial; holding in her right hand 
an adrolabe, and in her left the Roman radius. Her up¬ 
per garment Iky-coloured fown with dars, and her under 
a mixture of brown and different greens. She is de¬ 
fcribed in years, beeaufe ihe derives her pedigree from 
the creation; the indruments fhew her employment, 
and her garments, as well as the globes, that fhe parti¬ 
cipates both of heaven and earth. 
COSMO'LATRY,yi [of y.ofy. , &, the world or univerfe, 
and AaltjEi a, Gr. worlhip.] The worfliip of the world, 
or that kind of idolatry by which the old pagans deified 
and worlhipped the feveral parts of the univerfe.—To 
lay the foundation of infinite polytheifm and cofmolatry. 
Cudwortk. 
COSMO'LOGY, [from y.oo-y.oc, world, and Aoyos, dif- 
courfe.] The fcience of the world in genera!. Wolfius 
has written a treatife on this fubject, wherein he endea¬ 
vours to explain how the world arofe from fimpl'g fub- 
dances; and treats of the general principles of the mo¬ 
difications of material things, of the elements of bodies, 
of the laws of motion, of the perfection of the world, 
and of the order and courfe of nature. 
COSMO'ME TRY, [Kocr/xog./l^icc, of xoo’/x^, and yMqov, 
Gr. meafure.] The menfuration of the world by degrees 
and minutes. 
COSMOPO'LITAN, or Cosmopolite, f. [from 
xoo-f. c©-, the world, and ttoAiItjc, Gr. a citizen.] A citizen 
of the world ; one who is at home in every place. 
COS'NAC, a town of France, in the department of 
the Lower Charente, near the Gironde ; eighteen miles 
fouth of Saintes. 
COS'NE, a town of France, and principal place of a 
iiilriit, in the department of Nyevre, on the Allier. 
COS 
The principal trade of the inhabitants is cutlery. In 
the environs are mines of iron, and a number of forges. 
It was often taken and retaken in the wars of the fix- 
teenth century: nine leagues north of Nevers. Lat. 
47. 25. N. Ion. 20. 36. E. Ferro. 
COS'NE, a town of France, in the department of the 
Allier: three leagues fouth of Cerilly. 
COS'PODA, a town of Germany, in'the circle of 
Upper Saxony, near Neufiadt. 
COSPOU'R, a towm of Afia, in the kingdom of 
Adam : three hundred and feventy-fix miles eaft of Pat¬ 
na. Lat. 24. 56. N. Ion. 92. 57. E. Greenwich. 
COSS, f. a term for algebra, by which name it w as 
called, when firil introduced into Europe through the 
Italians, who named it regola dr cofa, the rule of the 
thing; the unknown quantity, or that which was re¬ 
quired in any quellion, being called cofa, the thing ; 
from whence we have cofs, coflic numbers, &c. 
COSS,y: The Indian term for a meafure of difiance, 
which about Bengal is two miles Englilh, but in the 
upper parts of Hindooftan fcarcely more than a mile and 
a half. 
COSSAY', a province of Afia, in the northern part of 
the country of Ava. 
COS'SE de GENISTE,yi An order of knighthood 
inftituted in 1234, by Louis IX. of France, at his mar¬ 
riage with Margaret of Provence. The motto on the 
collar of this order was, Exaltat humilis. 
COS'SE le VIVIER, a town of France, in the de¬ 
partment of the Mayenne, and chief place of a canton’, 
in the diftrift of Craon : three leagues fouth-fouth-weft 
of Laval. 
COS'SET,/. A lamb brought up without the dam: 
If thou wilt bewail my woeful teen, 
I Ihall thee give yond’ cojfct for thy pain. Spenfcr. 
COSSIMBUZAR', a town of Hindoofian, in the coun¬ 
try of Bengal, fituated on the river Hoogly, which fur- 
rounds it: five miles fouth of Moorlhedabad. Vafl quan¬ 
tities of raw lilk is prepared here, and great variety of 
piece-filk and handkerchiefs made, belides dockings, 
gloves, and other articles, all knit by the men. This 
town lies in a centrical lituation for trade, and has very 
long been the place of relidence for different European 
faftors. In 1756^ it was taken by Surajah Dowlah, na¬ 
bob of Bengal, previous to his taking Calcutta. 
COSSIMCOT'TA, a town of Hindooftan, in the cir- 
car of Cicacole : fixty-eight miles fouth-weft of Cicacole. 
COSSIPOU'R, a town of India, in the country of Al- 
mora : twenty-eight miles north of Rampour. 
COSSI'R, a town and port of Egypt, on the Red Sea, 
fubjedt to the dominion of the Turks. The drefs and 
language of the people approach moie to thofe of the 
eaftern ftiore of the Arabian gulf, than to thofe of the 
Egyptians. They are armed with the jembia, a crooked 
knife, often not lefs than a yard long, and commonly 
with a lance. Indeed they appear rather fettlers from 
the oppofite fhore, than native Egyptians. The com¬ 
merce in coffee here is not inconfiderable. Formerly all 
Upper Egypt was fupplied with coffee by way of Suez 
and Cairo ; but, the beys having laid a very heavy duty 
on that commodity, the inhabitants began to import from 
Coflir for themfelves, whence they are now fupplied with 
the beft coffee, and at a cheaper rate than from Suez. 
The town is provided with excellent fifh, and pepper 
and other fpices are brought in free of duty. Some 
Abyfiinian Haves, tranfported from Jidda, are occafion- 
ally landed here, and carried to Cairo, but in very fmall 
number. While Browne was at this place, he faw a 
beautiful girl, of about fifteen, fold for an hundred mah- 
bubs, about thirty pounds fterling. Provifions are not 
plentiful at Coflir, there being no cultivable land near 
the town. Even the butter they ufe is brought from 
Arabia. The only good water they have is fupplied by 
the Bedouins. If any quarrel enfue with them about the 
price. 
