lisse

From Old English līssian.

lisse (third-person singular simple present lisses, present participle lissing, simple past and past participle lissed)

1. (obsolete) To relieve, mitigate, assuage (pain etc.).

French lisse, from Latin licium.

lisse (countable and uncountable, plural lisses)

1. A fine sheer fabric of silk or cotton used in women's neckwear and in ruching.
2. In tapestry, the threads of the warp taken together.

• isles, siles, sisel

lisse

1. (obsolete) To relieve, mitigate, assuage (pain etc.).
   • Late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, ‘The Franklin's Tale’, Canterbury Tales

     And on his wey forthward thanne is he fare / In hope for to been lissed of his care.

• IPA^(key): /lis/

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• Homophones: lice, lices, lis/lys, lissent, lisses

Probably from lisser.

lisse (plural lisses)

1. smooth

• muscle lisse

lisse f (plural lisses)

1. stringer (horizontal timber that supports upright posts or the hull of a vessel)

lisse

1. inflection of lisser:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “lisse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• isles, lises, siles

• lissa

Through German from Latin licium. The verb is derived from the noun.

lisse f (definite singular lissa, indefinite plural lisser, definite plural lissene)

1. a lace

lisse (present tense lissar, past tense lissa, past participle lissa, passive infinitive lissast, present participle lissande, imperative lisse/liss)

1. (transitive) to lace

• “lisse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• lisse, sisel, sisle, sleis

lisse

1. smooth

• IPA^(key): /lis/

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lisse (masculine and feminine, plural lisses)

1. smooth

   Synonym: doûs

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lisse f (plural lisses)

1. list

   Synonym: djivêye