Cosmothetic

[Gr. kosmos, and tithenai, to place in order.) ( Metaphys.) A uming the actual reality of the physical world; as, a cosmothetic idealist. Cosne, ( kon . ) a town of France, dep. Nièvre, on the Loire, 27 m. N.N.W. of Nevers; pop . 6,575. Co'so, in California , a mining-district of Tulare co. Co , n. In Hindostan, a land-measure approximating to 14 Eng. miles. Co acks, ( kos'sāks ,) n . pl . [Ru . Kosak .] A people inhabiting those parts of the Ru ian empire which border on the N. dominions of Turkey, Poland, and the S. confines of Siberia. Both the name and origin of this people are involved in great uncertainty. They seem to have nothing Ru ian in their origin and character, and are probably a mixed Caucasian and Tartar race. They form a sort of independent republic, paying no taxes to Ru ia, but cheerfully contributing their numerous and valuable contingent of troops; and are well known as the most hara ing light-horse that ever exercised a predatory warfare in the train of any army. It is estimated they can supply Ru ia, in time of war, with a force of about 100,000 men. Their dre is a short vest in the Polish style, large trousers of a deep blue color, and a black sheepskin cap. Their arms consist of a sabre, long spear, musket, a pair of pistols, and a long whip, which they apply to their enemy as well as to their charger's back. Fig . 700.-COSSACK OF THE DON. They are mostly members of the Ru ian Greek Church, and are described as a hospitable, generous, and disinterested people. Their settlements in European Ru ia are calculated to occupy an area of 100,000 sq. m. Their numbers have not been estimated for nearly a century, when they amounted to 955,228 males. This is exclusive of the Ukraine Co acks, who are mostly settled. The others comprised in this estimate are the Don Cos