lisse
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of lisse
1850–55; < French ( crêpe ) lisse smooth (crepe), derivative of lisser to smooth, polish, Old French lischier, licier < Medieval Latin lixāre to leach, derivative of Late Latin lixa lye; cf. lixivium
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The event closed out with a corde lisse involving a bicycle that was dangling from the ceiling.
From The Verge ● May 13, 2015
A snowy handkerchief of lisse crape is folded neatly across her bosom; her glossy brown silk dress rustles peacefully, as she glides up and down the chamber.
From Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Mourning flowers, and crpe lisse at the hands and wrists, lead the way to gray, mauve, and white-and-black toilettes after the second year.
From Manners and Social Usages by Mrs. John M. E. W. Sherwood
Where this is present, the work is of the prized haute lisse or high-warp manufacture, instead of the basse lisse or low-warp.
From The Tapestry Book by Mrs. Helen Churchill Hungerford Candee
Cloths, cassinettes, cassimeres, velvet silks, satins, Marseilles waistcoating, fine, calf boots, seal and morocco pumps for gentlemen, crepe lisse, lace veils.
From A Man for the Ages A Story of the Builders of Democracy by John Wolcott Adams
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