Name of the letter C. a. See quot. 1542. b. A term formerly current in the Universities for a certain quantity of beer.
1542. Recorde, Gr. Artes, A vj b. C, a cee, the xvj. part of a penny. q, a kewe, the viij. [part].
1628. Earle, Microcosm. (Arb.), 38. Hee [old College Butler] domineers ouer Fresh-men … and puzzles them with strange language of Cues, and Cees, and some broken Latine.
1635. 1st Pt. Jeronimo, in Hazl., Dodsley, IV. 367. Hast thou … suck’d Philosophy, ate cues, drank cees?
