A foss is a waterfall. Foss or FOSS may further refer to: Companies. Foss A/S, a Danish analytical instrument company. Foss Brewery, a former brewery in Oslo, Norway. Foss Maritime, a tugboat and shipping company. Historic houses. Foss House (New Brighton, Minnesota), United States. Foss and Wells House, Jordan, Minnesota, United States. Horatio G. Foss House, Auburn, Maine, United States. People. Foss (surname) Foss Shanahan (1910–1964), New Zealand diplomat. Foss Westcott (1863–1949), English bishop. Places. Foss Dyke, a canal in Lincolnshire, England.
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