Category:Cosset

Cos"set (ks"st), n. Etym: [Cf. AS. cotsetla cottager, G. kossat, kothsasse, fr. kot, koth E. (cot) hut, and cf. also E. cade, a., cot a cade lamb.]

Defn: A lamb reared without the aid of the dam. Hence: A pet, in general.

cosset Cos"set, v. t.

Defn: To treat as a pet; to fondle. She was cosseted and posseted and prayed over and made much of. O. W. Holmes.