▪ 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.
| 1542 Recorde Gr. Artes A vj b, C, a cee, the xvj. part of a penny. q, a kewe, the viij. [part]. 1628 Earle 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. 1635 1st Pt. Jeronimo in Hazl. Dodsley IV. 367 Hast thou..suck'd Philosophy, ate cues, drank cees? |
▪ II. cee
obs. form of sea, see.