mense
[mens]British Dialect
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noun
propriety; discretion.
verb (used with object), mensed, mens·ing.
to adorn; bring honor to; grace.
Origin of mense
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In Mense's Handbuch der Tropenkrankheiten, i, p. 263-283, pls.
Handbook of Medical EntomologyWilliam Albert Riley
They's not nice gemmans at all to s'pect little folkses like us to carry such a drefful 'mense, 'normous, big box same as this.
Mary's RainbowMary Edward Feehan
(from whose work I take the extract), the following passage occurs, under the head "Mense Januario."
In October, 1181, three Consuls preside "super facto iustitiae, nominatim in mense octobris."
The Two First Centuries of Florentine HistoryPasquale Villari
Mense′ful, decorous: respectable; Mense′less, graceless, uncivil.