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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 837 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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KISS , the See also:

act of pressing or touching with the lips, cheek, See also:hand or lips of another, as a sign or expression of love, See also:affection, reverence or greeting. See also:Skeat (Etym. Dict., 1898) connects the See also:Tent. See also:base kussa with See also:Lat. gust us, See also:taste, and with Goth. kustus, test, from kinsan, to choose, and takes " kiss " as ultimately a doublet of " choice." For the liturgical osculum pads or " kiss of See also:peace," see See also:PAX. See further C. Nyrop, The Kiss and its See also:History, trans. by W. F. See also:Harvey (1902); J. J. See also:Claudius, Dissertatio de salutationibus veterum (See also:Utrecht, 1702); and " Baisers d'6tiquette " (1689) in Archives curieuses de l'histoire de See also:France (1834-1890, See also:series ii. tom. 12).

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