ess

noun, verb, particle — 4 senses

ess

noun

/ˈɛs/

1

The name of the Latin script letter S/s.

1998, Ricardo Corona, "These Esses" ("Eses esses"), in Other Shores (Outras Praias), translated by Ricardo Corona & Charles Perrone these esses / change in design / and senses themselves / $ // it's as if / the ess / were the sounds / of success
I have drunk en-ee-cee-tee-ay-ar from the ef-ell-oh-doubleyou-ee-ar-ess in his gee-ay-ar-dee-ee-en many a time.2004, Will Rogers, The Stonking Steps, page 170:

2

Something shaped like the letter S. (See esses)

Derived terms: collar of esses, de-ess, ess-hook, long ess, short ess

ess

verb

1

To move in a changing direction, forming the shape of a letter S.

Hypernyms: wind

ess

particle

1

Cornwall, Dialectal Yes.

'Big chap, edn' 'a?' I thought he was the biggest chap I had ever seen. 'Ess,' said Corin.1898, The Cornish Magazine, volume 1, page 64:
Overheard in Cornwall: 'Oh, ess, diden' ee know I gived up keepin' ducks? They wus allus comin' 'ome lost'.1951, John William Robertson Scott, The Countryman (page 64)

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