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Osculation

noun

(mathematics) a contact of two curves (or two surfaces) at which they have a common tangent.

The act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof). Synonyms: buss, kiss.

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"Osculation" Quotes from Famous Books

... face toward the fire, her mouth pouting in a rather inviting fashion. Then it rounded slowly into a sanguine O, which of itself suggested osculation, but in reality stood for "observe!" For the paper Billy had thrown into the fire had fallen under the gas-logs, and she remembered ...

— The Eagle's Shadow • James Branch Cabell

... as roping a calf; but I wish you'd let me choose your subject for yuh. I could easy name one where you could use words just as high and wide and handsome, and a heap more pleasant than the brand you've got corralled. Try admiration and felicitation and exhilarating, ecstatic osculation—" He stopped to run the edge of paper along his tongue, and perhaps it was as well he did; there was no need of making her any angrier. Miss Satterly hated to feel that she was worsted, and it was quite clear that Weary had all ...

— The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories • B. M. Bower

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