Definitions For Cess

Etymology 1

Etymology uncertain. Occurs in print at least as early as 1831, when wikipedia:samuel lover, samuel lover used the expression as one already long-established. He unambiguously stated the derivation of cess in the malediction bad cess to be an abbreviation of success.Lover, Samuel: Legends and Stories of Ireland. 1831 Publishers Wakeman, Dublin; Baldwin and Cradock, London; Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh.. OED speculated that it either was from success or from assessment meaning a military or governmental exaction.Murray, J.A.H. The Compact Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary (2 vols). Publisher: Oxford University Press. 1971. ISBN: 978-0198611172

Noun

{{en-noun, es}} (British, Ireland) An assessed tax, duty, or levy. (Britain, Ireland, informal) Usually preceded by good or (more commonly) bad: luck#noun, luck or success. (obsolete) bound, bound; measure.

Verb

cesses , cessing , cessed (British, Ireland) To levy a #noun, cess.

Derived terms

bad cess

See also

cease cessation

Etymology 2

Possibly from an archaic dialect word meaning “bog”.

Noun

{{en-noun, es}} (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.

Derived terms

cess path cess heave

See also

cesspool cesspit

Etymology 3

From {{der, en, fr, cesser}}. See cease.

Verb

cesses , cessing , cessed (obsolete, legal) To cease; to neglect.

Anagrams

CSEs, ECSS, ESCs, secs, secs.