coßike

A form of cossic — Of or relating to algebra.

Meanings

adjectivecoßike (not comparable)
  1. not comparableobsoleteObsolete spelling of cossic.

    As in nombers Abſtracte, euery nomber is not a rooted nomber, but ſome certaine only emongeſt theim, ſo in nombers Coßike, all nombers haue not rootes: but ſoche onely emongeſt ſimple Coßike nombers are rooted, whoſe nomber hath a roote, agreable to the figure of his denomination.

    1557, Robert Recorde, “Of Extraction of Rootes”, in The Whetstone of Witte, […], London: […] Jhon Kyngstone, →OCLC, signature [Cc.iv.], recto
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