Meaning of mense | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Property, owndom; possessions.
   countable, uncountable
2. Decency; propriety; civility.
   UK, countable, dialectal, uncountable
3. A large amount.
   UK, countable, dialectal, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“... But never a soul had the mense to come near them,[…]”

“Little mense to the cheeks to bite aff the nose[…]”

“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,[…]”

“There is not a mense of snow in "smoky Leeds,"”

“He has a mense o' pure nonsense,”

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