noun
(British, Ireland, India) An assessed tax, duty, or levy; billeting.
(British, Ireland, informal) Usually preceded by good or (more commonly) bad: luck or success.
(obsolete) Bound; measure.
verb
(British, Ireland) To levy a cess.
noun
(rail transport) The area along either side of a railroad track which is kept at a lower level than the sleeper bottom, in order to provide drainage.
(obsolete, dialect) A bog, in particular a peat bog.
(obsolete, dialect) A piece of peat, or a turf, particularly when dried for use as fuel.
verb
(obsolete, law) To cease; to neglect.