CESS

Source: 566, 567

cess. Cess, n. a tax, a rate; v.t. to tax, assess, ob.

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Cess (?), n. [[For sess, conts. from Assess.]] 1. 1. A rate or tax. Spenser.
2. 2. Bound; measure.
The poor jade is wrung in the withers out of all cess. Shak.