‘The Concise Scots Dictionary’ (Chambers)
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> On 13 Sep 2020, at 16:50, Linda Corrigan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> There is a Soss Moss near where I live in Cheshire. Dodgson: Place-Names of Cheshire 1, 97, suggests that the first element is from a dialect term 'soss' - wet, sloppy mess, soaking - citing EDD. Assorted online dictionaries suggest a comparison with Goidelic 'ces' - a coarse mess and English 'cess' - bog, boggy tidal foreshore - although the derivation of this latter seems hazy. I'm not sure if this will be any help but at least it might be useful to note that the element does appear elsewhere.
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> Yours
> Linda
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> Dr. L.M. Corrigan
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> On the 1700 map (HCC9045 Nottingham Manuscript and Special Collections) 'Misterton Sass' is marked together with a small drawing of what appears to be some kind of sluice/lock situated on the Bicker Dyke leading towards the River Trent.
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