cess

Etymology 1
For the first meaning below, the writings of Edmund Spenser, published 1633, point to a borrowing from, likely from.

Other senses:. Occurs in print at least as early as 1831, when 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. OED speculated that it either was from success or from assessment meaning a military or governmental exaction.

Noun

 * 1)  An assessed tax, duty, or levy; billeting.
 * 2)  Usually preceded by ' or (more commonly) ': luck or success.
 * 3)  Bound; measure.
 * 1)  Usually preceded by ' or (more commonly) ': luck or success.
 * 2)  Bound; measure.
 * 1)  Bound; measure.
 * 1)  Bound; measure.
 * 1)  Bound; measure.
 * 1)  Bound; measure.
 * 1)  Bound; measure.

Verb

 * 1)  To levy a cess.

Etymology 2
Possibly from an archaic dialect word meaning “bog”. According to the OED, from earlier.

Noun



 * 1)  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.
 * 2)  A bog, in particular a peat bog.
 * 3)  A piece of peat, or a turf, particularly when dried for use as fuel.
 * 1)  A piece of peat, or a turf, particularly when dried for use as fuel.

Etymology 3
From. See.

Verb

 * 1)  To cease; to neglect.

Noun

 * 1)  C-flat

Noun

 * 1) C-flat