† bissen.1
Obsolete.
Two thirds.
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the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > three > division into three > [noun] > a third > two thirds
bisse1398
tway part1531
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) viii. xvii [The mone] abydeth in euery signe ii dayes & vi houres and bisse.
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) viii. xvii And full endyth his course in xxvij dayes and viij houres.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
† bissen.2
Obsolete. rare.
A female deer, a hind.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > family Cervidae (deer) > [noun] > female
hinda900
doec1000
bissec1450
c1450 Venery de Twety in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) I. 154 Bestes of venery? Sire, of hertis, of bisses, of bukkes, and of doos.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
† bissen.3
Obsolete. rare.
Some odoriferous substance.
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the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fragrance > [noun] > fragrant substance or perfume
pimentc1300
odoramentc1384
savouringc1384
odoura1425
aromatica1513
smella1533
fume1541
perfume1542
sweet-water?1543
scent1596
pomander1600
sweets1603
bisse1608
sweet-ball1617
plash1649
suffition1656
essence1661
odoratea1682
otto1822
aroma1830
nosegay1855
foo-foo1880
1608 R. Johnson Seauen Champions ii. C iij b As though the heavens had rained downe showers of Campheare, Bisse or Amber greece.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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