释义 |
▪ I. cee|siː| Name of the letter C. a. See quot. 1542. b. A term formerly current in the Universities for a certain quantity of beer.
1542Recorde Gr. Artes A vj b, C, a cee, the xvj. part of a penny. q, a kewe, the viij. [part]. 1628Earle Microcosm. (Arb.) 38 Hee [old College Butler] domineers ouer Fresh-men..and puzzles them with strange language of Cues, and Cees, and some broken Latine. 16351st Pt. Jeronimo in Hazl. Dodsley IV. 367 Hast thou..suck'd Philosophy, ate cues, drank cees? ▪ II. cee obs. form of sea, see. |