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, 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.