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<h1>Lisp</h1> <Xpage=858>

<hw>Lisp</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Lisped</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Lisping</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>lispen</ets>, <ets>lipsen</ets>, AS. <ets>wlisp</ets> stammering, lisping; akin to D. & OHG. <ets>lispen</ets> to lisp, G. <ets>lispeln</ets>, Sw. <ets>l\'84spa</ets>, Dan. <ets>lespe</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To pronounce the sibilant letter <i>s</i> imperfectly; to give <i>s</i> and <i>z</i> the sound of <i>th</i>; -- a defect common among children.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To speak with imperfect articulation; to mispronounce, as a child learning to talk.</def>

<blockquote>As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame, I <b>lisped</b> in numbers came. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To speak hesitatingly with a low voice, as if afraid.</def>

<blockquote>Lest when my <b>lisping</b>, guilty tongue should halt. <i>Drayton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Lisp</h1> <Xpage=858>

<hw>Lisp</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To pronounce with a lisp.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To utter with imperfect articulation; to express with words pronounced imperfectly or indistinctly, as a child speaks; hence, to express by the use of simple, childlike language.</def>

<blockquote>To speak unto them after their own capacity, and to <b>lisp</b>e words unto them according as the babes and children of that age might sound them again. <i>Tyndale.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To speak with reserve or concealment; to utter timidly or confidentially; <as>as, to <ex>lisp</ex> treason</as>.</def>

<h1>Lisp</h1> <Xpage=858>

<hw>Lisp</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The habit or act of lisping. See <er>Lisp</er>, <tt>v. i.</tt>, 1.</def>

<blockquote>I overheard her answer, with a very pretty <b>lisp</b>, "O! Strephon, you are a dangerous creature."

<i>Tatler.</i>

<h1>Lisper</h1> <Xpage=858>

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

<h1>Lispingly</h1> <Xpage=858>

<hw>Lisp"ing*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>With a lisp; in a lisping manner.</def>

<h1>Liss</h1> <Xpage=858>

<hw>Liss</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>liss</ets>.]</ety> <def>Release; remission; ease; relief.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "Of penance had a <i>lisse</i>."

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Liss</h1> <Xpage=858>

<hw>Liss</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>lissan</ets>.]</ety> <def>To free, as from care or pain; to relieve.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "<i>Lissed</i> of his care."

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Lissencephala</h1> <Xpage=858>

<hw>Lis`sen*ceph"a*la</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ smooth + <?/ the brain.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A general name for all those placental mammals that have a brain with few or no cerebral convolutions, as Rodentia, Insectivora, etc.</def>

<h1>Lissom, Lissome</h1> <Xpage=858>