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)