Part 6270

<h1>Kismet</h1> <Xpage=815>

<hw>Kis"met</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Per. <ets>qismat</ets>.]</ety> <def>Destiny; fate.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>kismat</asp>.]</altsp> <mark>[Oriental]</mark>

<h1>Kiss</h1> <Xpage=815>

<hw>Kiss</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Kissed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>;<tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Kissing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>kissen</ets>, <ets>cussen</ets>, AS. <ets>cyssan</ets>, fr. <ets>coss</ets> a kiss; of uncertain origin; akin to D. <ets>kus</ets>, G. <ets>kuss</ets>, Icel. <ets>koss</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To salute with the lips, as a mark of affection, reverence, submission, forgiveness, etc.</def>

<blockquote>He . . . <b>kissed</b> her lips with such a clamorous smack, That at the parting all the church echoed. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To touch gently, as if fondly or caressingly.</def>

<blockquote>When the sweet wind did gently <b>kiss</b> the trees. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Kiss</h1> <Xpage=815>

<hw>Kiss</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To make or give salutation with the lips in token of love, respect, etc.; <as>as, <ex>kiss</ex> and make friends</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To meet; to come in contact; to touch fondly.</def>

<blockquote>Like fire and powder, Which as they <b>kiss</b> consume. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Rose, rose and clematis, Trail and twine and clasp and <b>kiss</b>. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Kissing comfit</col>, <cd>a perfumed sugarplum to sweeten the breath. <mark>[Obs or Prov. End.]</mark></cd></cs>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Kiss</h1> <Xpage=815>

<hw>Kiss</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>kiss</ets>, derived under the influence of the verb from the older form <ets>coss</ets>, AS. <ets>coss</ets>. See <er>Kiss</er>, <tt>v.</tt>]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A salutation with the lips, as a token of affection, respect, etc.; <as>as, a parting <ex>kiss</ex>; a <ex>kiss</ex> of reconciliation.</as></def>

<blockquote>Last with a <b>kiss</b>, she took a long farewell. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Dear as remembered <b>kisses</b> after death. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A small piece of confectionery.</def>

<h1>Kisser</h1> <Xpage=815>

<hw>Kiss"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who kisses.</def>

<i>Beau. & Fl.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Kissingcrust</h1> <Xpage=815>

<hw>Kiss"ing*crust`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Cookery)</fld> <def>The portion of the upper crust of a loaf which has touched another loaf in baking.</def>

<i>Lamb.</i>

<blockquote>A massy fragment from the rich <b>kissingcrust</b> that hangs like a fretted cornice from the upper half of the loaf. <i>W. Howitt.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Kist</h1> <Xpage=815>