liss
noun
(Ireland) a circular area that is enclosed with a wall or trench, often built as a fort.
liss
1 American
[lis]
/ lɪs /
noun
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lisses
plural
LISS
2
American
[lis]
/ lɪs /
abbreviation
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A liss or rath is a fortified place enclosed by a circular mound or trench, or both.
From The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Táin Bó Cúalnge by Joseph Dunn
But ere the door could be opened they heard the boy’s voice raised in anger and the fierce yelling of the dog, and a scuffling in the bawn of the liss.
From The Irish Fairy Book by Various
"Dr. BAYLIS, I bay-liss thee!" with the accent on the "liss."
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, July 16, 1892 by Various
A dun is a fortified dwelling, a liss is a place for domestic animals.
From Etain the Beloved and Other Poems by James Henry Cousins
There’s liss of it now; an’ maybe I could manage it, iv you’ld only carry the spids, an’ thim other things.
From The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness by Mayne Reid
The rare chastite of Penelope, is remainyng as a example herein: So many snares laied to caste doune her vertuous loue towarde her housebande U- lisses.
From A booke called the Foundacion of Rhetorike because all other partes of Rhetorike are grounded thereupon, euery parte sette forthe in an Oracion vpon questions, verie profitable to bee knowen and redde by Richard Rainolde
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