essn.

Brit.

/ɛs/, U.S.

/ɛs/

Inflections: Plural esses.

Forms: also 1500s esces.

Etymology: The name of the letter S.

Anything in the shape of an S, or beginning with S. collar of esses: see collar n. 3c.

ΘΠ

the world > space > shape > curvature > series of curves > [noun] > double curve

S1426

ess1540

swan-neck1686

Cupid's bow1875

sigma1877

society > communication > writing > written character > name of written character > [noun] > others

Bc1000

Dc1000

ellc1000

Fc1000

Sc1000

yogha1300

Pa1398

ess1540

tee1610

alif1727

cue1755

em1793

en1793

dee1795

double U1841

edh1846

wye1857

vee1883

gee1926

nut1940

kay1959

at sign1977

1540 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1846) 3rd Ser. III. 283 The reste of the players whiche represented the three esces.

1579 in T. Thompson Inventories (1815) 293 A chayn..with essis of gold emaillit reid.

1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1299/2 The bow with two esses, all cleane wrought.

1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie iv. v. 199 He beareth Gules, three Text Esses, Or, by the name of Kekit-More.

1681 T. Otway Souldiers Fortune iv. i. 43 Sir Jolly. S.S.S. Oh here are the Esses, let me consider now—Sappho. Court. No sir. Sir Jolly. Selinda. Court. Neither.

1865 J. S. Le Fanu Guy Deverell II. xvii. 179 There's an ornament of scrowl-work..shaped like letter esses.

Compounds

ess-hook n. dialect (see quot.).

ΚΠ

1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. Es-hook, a hook at the extremity of a waggon-horse's traces, in the form of the letter S.

ess-link n. dialect (see quot.).

ΚΠ

1884 R. Holland Gloss. Words County of Chester (1886) Es-link, a small piece of iron shaped like a letter S, used for mending a broken chain.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ess
释义	essn. Brit. /ɛs/, U.S. /ɛs/ Inflections: Plural esses. Forms: also 1500s esces. Etymology: The name of the letter S. Anything in the shape of an S, or beginning with S. collar of esses: see collar n. 3c. ΘΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > series of curves > [noun] > double curve S1426 ess1540 swan-neck1686 Cupid's bow1875 sigma1877 society > communication > writing > written character > name of written character > [noun] > others Bc1000 Dc1000 ellc1000 Fc1000 Sc1000 yogha1300 Pa1398 ess1540 tee1610 alif1727 cue1755 em1793 en1793 dee1795 double U1841 edh1846 wye1857 vee1883 gee1926 nut1940 kay1959 at sign1977 1540 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1846) 3rd Ser. III. 283 The reste of the players whiche represented the three esces. 1579 in T. Thompson Inventories (1815) 293 A chayn..with essis of gold emaillit reid. 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1299/2 The bow with two esses, all cleane wrought. 1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie iv. v. 199 He beareth Gules, three Text Esses, Or, by the name of Kekit-More. 1681 T. Otway Souldiers Fortune iv. i. 43 Sir Jolly. S.S.S. Oh here are the Esses, let me consider now—Sappho. Court. No sir. Sir Jolly. Selinda. Court. Neither. 1865 J. S. Le Fanu Guy Deverell II. xvii. 179 There's an ornament of scrowl-work..shaped like letter esses. Compounds ess-hook n. dialect (see quot.). ΚΠ 1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. Es-hook, a hook at the extremity of a waggon-horse's traces, in the form of the letter S. ess-link n. dialect (see quot.). ΚΠ 1884 R. Holland Gloss. Words County of Chester (1886) Es-link, a small piece of iron shaped like a letter S, used for mending a broken chain. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > see also also refers to : -esssuffix¹ also refers to : -esssuffix² < n.1540 see also
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