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Osculatory  n.  (R. C. Ch.) Same as Pax, 2.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Osculatory" Quotes from Famous Books



... an explanation admitted of no reply; and Mien-yaun was about to resume his way with a sigh, when the young lady insinuated a third osculatory hint, more penetrating than either of the others, and bestowed on him, besides, a most ravishing smile. He fluttered internally, but succeeded in preserving his outward immobility. He entered into conversation with the elderly female, ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Volume 3, No. 20, June, 1859 • Various

... laugh or not, but a fine blush illuminated his countenance. As for Ethel, she was and looked perfectly unconscious. So, rustling in her stiff black silk, Martha Honeyman walked with her nephew silent by the shore of the much-sounding sea. The idea of courtship, of osculatory processes, of marrying and giving in marriage, made this elderly virgin chafe and fume, she never having, at any period of her life, indulged in any such ideas or practices, and being angry against them, ...
— The Newcomes • William Makepeace Thackeray



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