Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Kiss \Kiss\, v. i.
1. To make or give salutation with the lips in token of love,
respect, etc.; as, kiss and make friends.
2. To meet; to come in contact; to touch fondly.
Like fire and powder, Which as they kiss consume.
--Shak.
Rose, rose and clematis, Trail and twine and clasp
and kiss. --Tennyson.
{Kissing comfit}, a perfumed sugarplum to sweeten the breath.
[Obs or Prov. End.] --Shak.
Kiss \Kiss\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kissed};p. pr. & vb. n.
{Kissing}.] [OE. kissen, cussen, AS. cyssan, fr. coss a kiss;
of uncertain origin; akin to D. kus, G. kuss, Icel. koss.]
1. 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.
--Shak.
2. To touch gently, as if fondly or caressingly.
When the sweet wind did gently kiss the trees.
--Shak.
Kiss \Kiss\, n. [OE. kiss, derived under the influence of the
verb from the older form coss, AS. coss. See {Kiss}, v.]
1. A salutation with the lips, as a token of affection,
respect, etc.; as, a parting kiss; a kiss of
reconciliation.
Last with a kiss, she took a long farewell.
--Dryden.
Dear as remembered kisses after death. --Tennyson.
2. A small piece of confectionery.
Source : WordNet®
kiss
v 1: touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's
mouth or other body part) as an expression of love,
greeting, etc.; "The newly married couple kissed"; "She
kissed her grandfather on the forehead when she entered
the room" [syn: {buss}, {osculate}]
2: touch lightly or gently; "the blossoms were kissed by the
soft rain"
kiss
n 1: the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof)
[syn: {buss}, {osculation}]
2: a cookie made of egg whites and sugar
3: any of several bite-sized candies
4: a light glancing touch; "there was a brief kiss of their
hands in passing"
Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing
KISS
Early system on IBM 650. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).