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Morphology
Lemmata
Forms: fossa (data provider: donatus-sup)
Dictionary
Baretti: A dictionary of the English and Italian languages
Fóss-a, Fóss-áta, s. f. dim. Fóss-arélla, Fóss-étta, Fóss-icélla,Fóss-icína , disp. Fóss-áccia,
1. a ditch, trench; 2. grave;3. granary. — al leone, (naut. t.) the boatswain's store-room. — delle gomene, the cabletier. Aver l'un piè nella —, to have one foot in the grave; 4. (fig.) hell.
Florio: a worlde of wordes, or most copious, dictionarie in Italian and English
fossa: a graue, a pit, a ditch, a trench, any fosse digging or mote about a house. Vsed also for a womans pleasure-pit, nony-nony or pallace of pleasure.