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单词 pess
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pessn.

Brit. /pɛs/, U.S. /pɛs/
Forms: 1500s pes, 1600s pesse, 1600s– pess.
Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: bass n.2
Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps originally a variant of bass n.2 (although this is apparently first attested later; compare sense 2 at that entry). Compare pessock n.
Chiefly English regional (East Anglian). Now rare.
A hassock or cushion to rest the feet on, or (esp. in a church) to kneel on.
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society > faith > artefacts > cloths, carpets, cushions > cushion > [noun]
tut1553
pess1575
hassock1582
trush1621
pessock1680
kneeler1848
buffet1877
1575 W. Stevenson Gammer Gurtons Nedle i. iii. sig. Aiiiv My gammer sat her downe on her pes, & bad me reach thy breeches.
1623–4 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) II. 96 Sixe pesses for the Chappell 0 1 4.
1633 W. Ames Fresh Suit against Human Ceremonies ii. 182 A pesse, hassok, or cushin may be called holy, because it is used to kneel upon.
1702–3 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) II. 211 Mats and pesses in the Chappel.
a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Pess, a hassock to kneel on at church.
a1903 C. L. Feltoe in Eng. Dial. Dict. IV. 477/1 [Suffolk] Pess [a hassock, esp. a church hassock].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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