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▪ I. ess
The name of the letter S; anything in the shape of an S. Pl. esses; also 6 esces. collar of esses: see collar. Also in Comb., es-hook, es-link, dial. (see quots.)
1540in Ellis Orig. Lett. iii. 364 (1846) III. 283 The reste of the players whiche represented the three esces. 1579in T. Thompson Inventories (1815) 293 A chayn..with essis of gold emaillit reid. 1587Fleming Contn. Holinshed III. 1299/2 The bow with two esses, all cleane wrought. 1610J. Guillim Heraldry iv. v. (1611) 199 He beareth Gules, three text Esses or..by the name of Kekir-more. 1681Otway Soldier's Fort. iv. i, Sir Jol. O here are the Esses; let me consider now--Sapho? Cour. No, Sir. Sir Jol. Selinda? Cour. Neither. 1865Le Fanu Guy Dev. II. xvii. 179 There's an ornament of scrowl-work..shaped like letter esses. 1879G. F. Jackson Shropsh. Word-bk., Es-hook, a hook at the extremity of a waggon-horse's traces, in the form of the letter S. 1884Chesh. Gloss., Es-link, a small piece of iron shaped like a letter S, used for mending a broken chain.
▪ II. ess
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