cress

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Etymology 1

From Middle English cresse, crasse, from Old English cressa, cærse (“cress”), from Proto-West Germanic *krassjō, from Proto-Germanic *krasjô (“cress”). Cognate with West Frisian kers (“cress”), Dutch kers (“cress”), German Kresse (“cress”), Danish karse (“cress”), Swedish krasse (“cress”), Icelandic krassi (“cress”).

Pronunciation

Noun

cress (countable and uncountable, plural cresses)

  1. (plants) A plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous. The leaves have a moderately pungent taste, and are used as a salad and antiscorbutic.
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Etymology 2

Noun

cress (plural cresses)

  1. Archaic form of kris.

Lombard

Etymology

Akin to Italian crescere, from Latin.

Verb

cress

  1. to grow

Yola

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English creiz, from Old French crois, from Latin crux, crucem.

Pronunciation

Noun

cress

  1. crossroad
    • 1867, “JAMEEN QOUGEELY EE-PEALTHE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 110, lines 7-8:
      'choo'd drieve aam aul awye to Kie o' Cress Farnogue, an maake aam cry, 'Rotheda Palloake !' "
      I would drive them all away to the quay of Cross Farnogue, and make them cry, 'Rotten Palluck !' "

Verb

cress

  1. cross
    • 1867, “CASTEALE CUDDE'S LAMENTATION”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 3, page 104:
      'Cham afear'd ich mosth cress a Shanaan,
      I am afraid I must cross the Shannon,

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 32
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