Definition of cesses:
(n) :
(British, Ireland, India) An assessed tax, duty, or levy; billeting.
(n) :
(British, Ireland, informal) Usually preceded by good or (more commonly) bad: luck or success.
(v) :
(British, Ireland) To levy a cess.
(n) :
(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.
(n) :
(obsolete) Bound; measure.
(n) :
(obsolete, dialect) A bog, in particular a peat bog.