ceen.
/siː/ a. See quot. 1543.
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society > trade and finance > money > sum of money > [noun] > specific sums of money > less than a penny
cue1440
cee1543
qu.1676
1543 R. Record Ground of Artes Figures of Monye C. a cee, the .xvi. part of .i. penny. q. a kewe, the .viii. [part].
b. A term formerly current in the Universities for a certain quantity of beer.
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > ale or beer > [noun] > specific quantity of
cue1603
cee1605
jug?1635
gun1674
ale kilderkin1704
swank1726
nip1736
pint1742
pt.1850
yard of ale1872
square1882
half1888
butcher1889
rabbit1895
rigger1911
sleever1936
tank1936
middy1941
tallboy1956
tube1969
tinnie1974
1605 1st Pt. Jeronimo sig. C2 Hast thou..suckt Philosophy, Eate Cues, drunke Cees?
1628 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. xvii. sig. D7v Hee [old College Butler] domineers ouer Fresh men..and puzzles them with strange language of Cues, and Cees, and some broken Latine.
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