osculation

I think I am able to assure the reader that in her head the osculation had given birth to no reveries.
Miss Ravenel's conversion from secession to loyalty|J. W. de Forest
If there was anything in the way of osculation that that member of an old Austrian family didn't know, I've got to find it out.
Where There's A Will|Mary Roberts Rinehart
Whatever he projected in the nature of an enduring osculation was spoiled as Gladwin dropped the bag to the floor with a crash.
Officer 666|Barton W. Currie
Then the crowns were removed and kissed by each of the marrying pair, the bridegroom first performing the osculation.
Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life|Thomas Wallace Knox

Out of the Egyptian darkness came the unmistakable sounds of osculation in various parts of the room.
Excuse Me!|Rupert Hughes

British Dictionary definitions for osculation

osculation

/ (ˌɒskjʊˈleɪʃən) /

noun

Also called: tacnode maths a point at which two branches of a curve have a common tangent, each branch extending in both directions of the tangent

rare the act or an instance of kissing

Derived forms of osculation

osculatory (ˈɒskjʊlətərɪ, -trɪ), adjective

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