Obs. Also 7 cossmos, cosmus. Early form of KOUMISS.

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  [App. due to some error of transcription.]

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1598.  Hakluyt, Voy., I. 97. Their drinke called Cosmos, which is mares milke.

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1601.  R. Johnson, Kingd. & Commw. (1603), 167. As the Arabians, so they [Tartars], delight in sower milke, or Cosmus.

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1630.  Capt. Smith, Trav. & Adv., xv. 27. In Summer they drinke most Cossmos.

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