kiss(1) (iou) and necrobiotic (medicine)

kiss(1) (iou)

kiss noun.
[Old English coss from Germanic base of KISS verb, refash. after KISS verb.]
A touch or caress given with slightly pursed lips as an expression of affection, sexual desire, greeting, etc., or reverence; an act of kissing. OE.
C. S. Lewis I never could endure the embrace or kiss of my own sex. J. C. Oates He..pressed upon her anxious lips a warm, passionate, husbandly kiss.
fig. A light touch or impact. L16.
Day Lewis The..feeling which the cold kiss of the dew spreads through one's whole body.
b. Billiards & Snooker etc. A light touching of one ball by another. M19.
A representation of a kiss in the form of an x, esp. at the close of a letter. M18.
C. Fremlin A row of 'x's', hurried kisses, all he had time to scribble.
A small cake or piece of confectionery; a sweet, a chocolate. E19.
A drop of sealing-wax accidentally let fall beside the seal of a letter. colloq. Now rare. E19.
Phrases: blow a kiss: see BLOW verb1. BUTTERFLY kiss. deep kiss: see DEEP adjective. French kiss: see French adjective. kiss of peace Ecclesiastical a ceremonial kiss, esp. in the Eucharist, as a sign of unity. the kiss of death a seemingly kind or well-intentioned action, look, association, etc., which brings disastrous consequences. the kiss of life the mouth-to-mouth method of artificial respiration.
Comb.: kiss-curl a small flat curl worn on the forehead, in front of the ear, or at the nape of the neck; kiss impression Printing: by which ink is deposited on to paper by letterpress printing using the lightest possible contact; kissproof adjective (esp. of lipstick) not greatly affected or harmed by kissing.
kissless adjective E18.

necrobiotic (medicine)

necrobiotic
<biology> Of or pertaining to necrobiosis; as, a necrobiotic metamorphosis.

Source: Websters Dictionary

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