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Kiss \Kiss\, v. i.
1. To make or give salutation with the lips in token of love,
respect, etc.; as, kiss and make friends.
2. To meet; to come in contact; to touch fondly.
Like fire and powder, Which as they kiss consume.
--Shak.
Rose, rose and clematis, Trail and twine and clasp
and kiss. --Tennyson.
Kissing comfit, a perfumed sugarplum to sweeten the breath.
[Obs or Prov. End.]
--Shak.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) | ![]() |
Kiss \Kiss\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Kissed;p. pr. & vb. n.
Kissing.]
[OE. kissen, cussen, AS. cyssan, fr. coss a kiss;
of uncertain origin; akin to D. kus, G. kuss, Icel. koss.]
1. To salute with the lips, as a mark of affection,
reverence, submission, forgiveness, etc.
He . . . kissed her lips with such a clamorous
smack, That at the parting all the church echoed.
--Shak.
2. To touch gently, as if fondly or caressingly.
When the sweet wind did gently kiss the trees.
--Shak.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) | ![]() |
Kiss \Kiss\, n. [OE. kiss, derived under the influence of the
verb from the older form coss, AS. coss. See Kiss, v.]
1. A salutation with the lips, as a token of affection,
respect, etc.; as, a parting kiss; a kiss of
reconciliation.
Last with a kiss, she took a long farewell.
--Dryden.
Dear as remembered kisses after death. --Tennyson.
2. A small piece of confectionery.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) | ![]() |
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