noun: (Britain, Ireland) An assessed tax, duty, or levy.
noun: (Britain, Ireland, informal) Usually preceded by good or (more commonly) bad: luck or success.
noun: (obsolete) Bound; measure.
verb: (Britain, 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.
noun: (obsolete, dialect) A bog, in particular a peat bog.
noun: (obsolete, dialect) A piece of peat, or a turf, particularly when dried for use as fuel.
