▪ I. † sesse1 Obs. rare—1.
[a. F. sesse, a. Arab. shāsh: see sash n.1]
= sash n.1
| 1718 Ozell tr. Tournefort's Voy. II. 356 They are distinguished by the White Sesse [orig. la sesse blanche] of their turbants. |
▪ II. † sesse2 Obs.
Aphetic form of dissesse, decease n.; = cess n.2
| 1417–8 E.E. Wills (1882) 39/3 Also it ys my wyll þat..all þat sche schele haue, after þe sesse of her, þat it be sold. |
▪ III. sesse
obs. form of cease n.
| c 1330 R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 15893 Þen com þe folk wyþouten sesse Aboute Brian for to presse. |