Cess vs Dess - What's the difference?
cess | dess |
(British, Ireland) An assessed tax.
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(British, Ireland, informal) Luck
(obsolete) Bound; measure.
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(British, Ireland) To levy a .
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(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 nouns the difference between cess and dess
is that 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 while dess is .As a verb cess
is (british|ireland) to levy a or cess can be (obsolete) to cease; to neglect.cess
English
(wikipedia cess)Alternative forms
* CessEtymology 1
Shortened form of assess, spelled by analogy with census and other Latinate words.Noun
(es)- The poor jade is wrung in the withers out of all cess .