v. Obs. Also 6 suckeses. Altered form of SURCEASE.
1551. Gray’s New Year’s Gift, 31, in Furnivall, Ballads fr. MSS., I. 420. The Iusteses, that sholde se this suckeses [Camb. MS. surcesse], stand by and her yt, and kepe the kynges pese.
1630. J. Taylor (Water P.), Wks., III. 92/1. This rift raff rubbish … Came to vs as our fire began to smother … Commanding that our bonfire should succease.
