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verb

Kiss v. t. (past & past part. kissed;pres. part. kissing)

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."

To touch gently, as if fondly or caressingly. "When the sweet wind did gently kiss the trees."

Kiss v. i.

To make or give salutation with the lips in token of love, respect, etc.; as, kiss and make friends.

To meet; to come in contact; to touch fondly. "Like fire and powder, Which as they kiss consume." "Rose, rose and clematis, Trail and twine and clasp and kiss."

Kissing comfit, a perfumed sugarplum to sweeten the breath. (Obs or Prov. End.)

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Etymology of 'Kissing'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... been characteristic of him all day now concretely became fright. Who was this woman he was about to marry? What did he know of her? She was a pleasant, nice-looking girl and she had an extraordinary power over him ... but what did he know of her? Nothing. Nothing whatever. He liked kissing her and holding her in his arms, but he had liked kissing Maggie Carmichael and holding her in his arms; and now he was very thankful he had not married Maggie. How was he to know that he would feel any more for Eleanor in six months' time than he now felt for ...

— The Foolish Lovers • St. John G. Ervine

... them by thousands. The brigade pushed on along the captured works. The federal batteries, from every mound and hill, were showering shot and shell into the enemy's inner works; while the gleaming bayonets of the thousands of infantry could be seen as far as the eye could reach, their proud banners kissing the stifling air, and the bugles sounding the "forward march," leaving in their rear smoking camps and blazing dwellings. What a Sunday morning was that, with its thunders of terrific war, instead of the mellow chimes of church bells and ...

— The Black Phalanx - African American soldiers in the War of Independence, the - War of 1812, and the Civil War • Joseph T. Wilson

... the crown. For utility makes beauty, and eyes bulging out from the head like his are the most advantageous for seeing; nostrils wide and open to the air, like his, most appropriate for smell; and a mouth large and voluminous, like his, best fitted for both eating and kissing.[11] ...

— The Sense of Beauty - Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory • George Santayana

... will, Jennet," said Alizon Device, checking, by a gentle look, the jeering laugh in which Nancy seemed disposed to indulge—"so you will, my pretty little sister," she added, kissing her; "and I will 'tire you as well and as carefully as Susan and Nancy have just ...

— The Lancashire Witches - A Romance of Pendle Forest • William Harrison Ainsworth

... to nurse you, dear husband,' she said a moment after, standing up again and kissing his forehead. 'I have only ...

— New Grub Street • George Gissing

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