She'd eschewed joining Marjorie and Clara in a comfortable coze by the drawing roomfire.
verb(intransitive)
3.
to chat in an intimate and friendly manner
coze in American English
(kouz)
Word forms: verbcozed, cozing
intransitive verb
1.
to converse in a friendly way; chat
noun
2.
a friendly talk; a chat
Also: cose
Word origin
[1820–30; ‹ F causer to chat, OF: to reason, expound ‹ L causārī to plead a cause, plead as an excuse, deriv. of causacause]This word is first recorded in the period 1820–30. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: blouse, boomerang, exogenous, karma, tetrapod