† dessn.¹

Forms: Also desse.

Etymology: < Old French deis, dais, dais n.

Obsolete.

A desk.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > desk > [noun]

deskc1405

lectern1509

dess1552

book desk1686

prie-dieu1687

bureau1698

secretary1803

toys1816

secretaire1818

consulting-desk1823

slope1833

box-desk1860

roll-top1884

type-desk1901

partners' desk1925

partners' pedestal desk1930

console1944

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Desse or lecturne to lay a boke on, ambonus.

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. x. sig. K5 A beuie of fayre damzels..Wayting when as the Antheme should be sung on hye. The first of them did seeme of ryper yeares..And next to her sate goodly Shamefastnesse, Ne euer durst her eyes from ground vpreare, Ne euer once did looke vp from her desse.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

dessn.²

Brit.

/dɛs/, U.S.

/dɛs/, Scottish English

/dɛs/

Forms: Also dass.

Etymology: Of doubtful origin: compare Icelandic des in hey-des hay-rick; but the sense ‘layer’ suggests that the word is identical with dess n.¹ (Old French deis, dais raised platform or floor.)

Scottish and northern dialect.

1. A stratum, a layer.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > sedimentary formation > [noun] > stratum

coursec1430

couch1661

stratum1671

dess1673

strata1676

bed1684

floor1692

flooring1697

stratificationa1703

rock1712

liea1728

lay-bed1728

post1794

1673 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words 139 First they take the Mine picked from the Desse or Rock.

1795 Statist. Acc. Stirlings. XV. 327 (Jam.) Then 15 strata of muirstone rise above each other to the summit of the Fells..in the face of the braes, they go by the name of dasses or gerrocks.

1818 J. Hogg Brownie of Bodsbeck II. 61 They soon reached a little dass in the middle of the linn, or what an Englishman would call a small landing-place.

1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Dess, a layer of piled substances; a course in a building. ‘Laid up in desses’, laid tier upon tier.

1891 J. C. Atkinson Forty Years Moorland Parish 55 He'd getten a haill dess o' shaffs..and was rife for another dess.

2. (See quots.)

ΚΠ

1788 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. II. 325 Dess (of hay), a cut of hay.

1875 Lancash. Gloss. Dess (Fylde distr.), a pile, applied to straw.

1878 W. Dickinson Gloss. Words & Phrases Cumberland (ed. 2) Dess, a pile, a heap; a truss of hay.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

dessv.

Etymology: < dess n.²

northern dialect.

1. transitive. To arrange in a layer or layers; to pile up in layers.

ΚΠ

a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 145 The usuall way for dessinge of strawe.

1691 J. Ray N. Country Words in Coll. Eng. Words (ed. 2) 20 Desse, to lay close together: to desse Wool, Straw, &c.

1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. Desse,..in Cumb., to put in order.

1788 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. II. 325 Dess up, to pile up neatly.

1851 Gloss. Provinc. Words Cumberland Dess, to lay carefully together.

1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 45 Dess'd up, piled up.

2. To cut (a section of hay) from a stack.

ΚΠ

1787 in F. Grose Provinc. Gloss.

1847–78 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words

3. intransitive. To work in a stratum or strata; to hew out particular strata or layers from the face of a cliff.

ΚΠ

1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby ‘They're dessing for jet’, i.e. hacking it out of the layers or desses, when it occurs..on the face of the cliff.

1882 Good Cheer 61 You knew he was getting jet, dessing in Helabeck Bight yonder.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

n.¹1552

n.²1673

v.a1642

单词	dess
释义	† dessn.¹ Forms: Also desse. Etymology: < Old French deis, dais, dais n. Obsolete. A desk. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > desk > [noun] deskc1405 lectern1509 dess1552 book desk1686 prie-dieu1687 bureau1698 secretary1803 toys1816 secretaire1818 consulting-desk1823 slope1833 box-desk1860 roll-top1884 type-desk1901 partners' desk1925 partners' pedestal desk1930 console1944 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Desse or lecturne to lay a boke on, ambonus. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. x. sig. K5 A beuie of fayre damzels..Wayting when as the Antheme should be sung on hye. The first of them did seeme of ryper yeares..And next to her sate goodly Shamefastnesse, Ne euer durst her eyes from ground vpreare, Ne euer once did looke vp from her desse. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2021). dessn.² Brit. /dɛs/, U.S. /dɛs/, Scottish English /dɛs/ Forms: Also dass. Etymology: Of doubtful origin: compare Icelandic des in hey-des hay-rick; but the sense ‘layer’ suggests that the word is identical with dess n.¹ (Old French deis, dais raised platform or floor.) Scottish and northern dialect. 1. A stratum, a layer. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > sedimentary formation > [noun] > stratum coursec1430 couch1661 stratum1671 dess1673 strata1676 bed1684 floor1692 flooring1697 stratificationa1703 rock1712 liea1728 lay-bed1728 post1794 1673 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words 139 First they take the Mine picked from the Desse or Rock. 1795 Statist. Acc. Stirlings. XV. 327 (Jam.) Then 15 strata of muirstone rise above each other to the summit of the Fells..in the face of the braes, they go by the name of dasses or gerrocks. 1818 J. Hogg Brownie of Bodsbeck II. 61 They soon reached a little dass in the middle of the linn, or what an Englishman would call a small landing-place. 1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Dess, a layer of piled substances; a course in a building. ‘Laid up in desses’, laid tier upon tier. 1891 J. C. Atkinson Forty Years Moorland Parish 55 He'd getten a haill dess o' shaffs..and was rife for another dess. 2. (See quots.) ΚΠ 1788 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. II. 325 Dess (of hay), a cut of hay. 1875 Lancash. Gloss. Dess (Fylde distr.), a pile, applied to straw. 1878 W. Dickinson Gloss. Words & Phrases Cumberland (ed. 2) Dess, a pile, a heap; a truss of hay. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). dessv. Etymology: < dess n.² northern dialect. 1. transitive. To arrange in a layer or layers; to pile up in layers. ΚΠ a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 145 The usuall way for dessinge of strawe. 1691 J. Ray N. Country Words in Coll. Eng. Words (ed. 2) 20 Desse, to lay close together: to desse Wool, Straw, &c. 1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. Desse,..in Cumb., to put in order. 1788 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. II. 325 Dess up, to pile up neatly. 1851 Gloss. Provinc. Words Cumberland Dess, to lay carefully together. 1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 45 Dess'd up, piled up. 2. To cut (a section of hay) from a stack. ΚΠ 1787 in F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. 1847–78 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words 3. intransitive. To work in a stratum or strata; to hew out particular strata or layers from the face of a cliff. ΚΠ 1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby ‘They're dessing for jet’, i.e. hacking it out of the layers or desses, when it occurs..on the face of the cliff. 1882 Good Cheer 61 You knew he was getting jet, dessing in Helabeck Bight yonder. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1552n.²1673v.a1642
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