n. [ AS. liss. ] Release; remission; ease; relief. [ Obs. ] “Of penance had a lisse.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ AS. lissan. ] To free, as from care or pain; to relieve. [ Obs. ] “Lissed of his care.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr.
Straight, but as lissome as a hazel wand. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
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