CESS

Etymology 1

Noun

cess (plural cesses)

(British, Ireland) An assessed tax, duty, or levy.

(Britain, Ireland, informal) Usually preceded by good or (more commonly) bad: luck or success.

(obsolete) Bound; measure.

Verb

cess (third-person singular simple present cesses, present participle cessing, simple past and past participle cessed)

(British, Ireland) To levy a cess.

Etymology 2

Possibly from an archaic dialect word meaning “bog”.

Noun

cess (plural cesses)

(rail transport) The area along either side of a railroad track which is kept at a lower level than the sleeper bottom, in order to provide drainage.

(obsolete, dialect) A bog, in particular a peat bog.

(obsolete, dialect) A piece of peat, or a turf, particularly when dried for use as fuel.

Etymology 3

Verb

cess (third-person singular simple present cesses, present participle cessing, simple past and past participle cessed)

(obsolete, legal) To cease; to neglect.

Anagrams

• CSEs, ECSS, ESCs, secs, secs.

Source: Wiktionary

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Cess, n. Etym: [For sess, conts. from Assess.]

1. A rate or tax. [Obs. or Prof. Eng. & Scot.] Spenser.

2. Bound; measure. [Obs.] The poor jade is wrung in the withers out of all cess. Shak.

Cess, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cessed; p. pr. & vb. n. Cessing.]

Definition: To rate; to tax; to assess. Spenser.

Cess, v. i. Etym: [F. cesser. See Cease.]

Definition: To cease; to neglect. [Obs.] Spenser.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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