v. [Back-formation from COSY a.] intr. To make oneself cosy.
1857. Kingsley, Two Y. Ago, iii. To see the comfortable gleam through the windows, as the sailors cose round the fire with wife and child.
1863. ‘Holme Lee,’ A. Warleigh’s Fort., II. 241. She had dined, and was cosing with a delightful new novel in her sofa corner.
Cose, obs. f. COSS sb.2 (Anglo-Indian), COSS v.
