cosset : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: cosset	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for cosset
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cosset v treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!" Synonym(s): pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cosset \Cos"set\ (k?s"s?t), n. [Cf. AS. cotsetla cottager, G. kossat, kothsasse, fr. kot, koth E. (cot) hut, and cf. also E. cade, a., cot a cade lamb.] A lamb reared without the aid of the dam. Hence: A pet, in general.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cosset \Cos"set\, v. t. To treat as a pet; to fondle. She was cosseted and posseted and prayed over and made much of. --O. W. Holmes.