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Cees vs Cess - What's the difference?

cees | cess |

As nouns the difference between cees and cess

is that cees is , the name of the letter c while cess is (british|ireland) an assessed tax or cess can be (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.

As a verb cess is

(british|ireland) to levy a or cess can be (obsolete) to cease; to neglect.

cees

English

Noun

(head)
  • , the name of the letter C.
  • * Hast thou suck'd Philosophy, ate cues, drank cees ?

    • cess

    English

    (wikipedia cess)

    Alternative forms

    * Cess

    Etymology 1

    Shortened form of assess, spelled by analogy with census and other Latinate words.

    Noun

    (es)
  • (British, Ireland) An assessed tax.
  • * '>citation
  • (British, Ireland, informal) Luck
  • (obsolete) Bound; measure.
  • * Shakespeare
    • The poor jade is wrung in the withers out of all cess .

    Verb

  • (British, Ireland) To levy a .
  • * '>citation
    • Derived terms
    * bad cess
    See also
    * cease * cessation

    Etymology 2

    Possibly from an archaic dialect word meaning "bog".

    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.
    • Derived terms
    * cess path * cess heave

    See also

    * cesspool * cesspit

    Etymology 3

    (etyl) cesser. See cease.

    Verb

  • (obsolete) To cease; to neglect.
    • (Spenser)
    (Webster 1913)

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