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There Jane's parents lay, not in a grave to themselves, but buried amidst the nameless dead, in that part of the ground reserved for those who can purchase no more than a portion in the foss which is filled when its occupants reach statutable distance from the surface.

Demos George Gissing 1880

Interestingly (to me) many of the waterfalls in northern England also have names that include the word "foss" due to Norse placenames.

Everything2 New Writeups JediBix783 2009

So what is all the foss about Iran becoming a Nuclear power?

Think Progress » Iran “suiciders” ready for action. 2006

And there is evermore great wind in that foss, that stirreth evermore the gravel, and maketh it trouble.

The Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

Joan rode straight to the foss where she had received her wound, and, standing there in the rain of bolts and arrows, she ordered the paladin to let her long standard blow free, and to note when its fringes should touch the fortress.

Mark Twain: A Biography 2003

Being in charge of all the timber traffic, he generally walked down to the long bridge — it was four hundred and sixty feet — across the foss, halted there, and stood looking up and down the river.

A Wanderer Plays on Muted Strings 2003

And at last the freed log slides out and away down the foss.

A Wanderer Plays on Muted Strings 2003

“You ought always to stand by a deafening foss when you feel like humming a tune.”

A Wanderer Plays on Muted Strings 2003

"Um ... eighty foss, " suggested Pommer, hesitantly peeking around the alien bulk.

Icerigger Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1974

Oh, you can make a foss, yes, if you like -- you ged nossing!

Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, January 23, 1892 Various