mense
Pronunciations
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/mɛns/
Noun
Property, owndom; possessions.
Usage- Countable
- Uncountable
Decency; propriety; civility.
Usage- UK usage
- Countable
- dialectal
- Uncountable
- Examples
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... But never a soul had the mense to come near them,[…]
Little mense to the cheeks to bite aff the nose[…]
More examples (3)
For she had baked a crumpie cake And butter scones, for mense's sake, To entertain her lodger.
Be seen with men of mense, but turn aside From swicks and sweeps, the silly and the low […]
... ye'll hae the sense and the mense to keep a calm sough,[…]
A large amount.
Usage- UK usage
- Countable
- dialectal
- Uncountable
- Examples
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There is not a mense of snow in "smoky Leeds,"
He has a mense o' pure nonsense,
Verb
To adorn, bring honour to; grace.
Word forms
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