What does "cess" mean?
Cess: Bound; measure. [Obs.] The poor jade is wrung in the withers out of all cess. Shak.
Additional senses
- 2.To rate; to tax; to assess. Spenser.
- 3.To cease; to neglect. [Obs.] Spenser.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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