coze

American  

[kohz] / koʊz /

Or cose

verb (used without object)

cozed, cozing

1. to converse in a friendly way; chat.

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noun

1. a friendly talk; a chat.

Etymology

Origin of coze

First recorded in 1815–25; from French causer “to chat,” from Old French “to reason, expound,” from Latin causārī “to plead a cause, plead as an excuse,” derivative of causa cause

Example Sentences

Cantor: O Lotus, lifting out of the noisome coze!

From Time Magazine Archive

Nod to sood me, of coze, mais, çà fait rien--daz nott'n; me, I am now a h'ole woman, you know, eh?

From The Grandissimes by Cable, George Washington

We are now all four of us young ladies sitting round the circular table in the inner room writing our letters, while the two brothers are having a comfortable coze in the room adjoining.

From Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters A Family Record by Austen-Leigh, William

"Of coze," said Aurora, with a pensive respiration, "I thing id is doze climade," and the apothecary stopped, as a man should who finds himself unloading large philosophy in a little parlor.

From The Grandissimes by Cable, George Washington

"Of coze," murmured Aurora, who had lost her bearings almost at the first word.

From The Grandissimes by Cable, George Washington