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cissed

cissed is the simple past and past participle of ciss.

Meaning of ciss

Verb

ciss (third-person singular simple present cisses, present participle cissing, simple past and past participle cissed)

  1. (varnish, or oil) To retract (from a uniform film applied to a damp, oily or nonabsorbent surface) and clump up into small droplets, or form craters.
    • Varnish is very apt to ciss on old work, if the second coat is not applied as soon as ever the first coat is hard enough to bear varnishing.1873, Ernest Spon, Workshop Receipts, for the Use of Manufacturers, Mechanics, and Scientific Amateurs by Ernest Spon, page 83

Questions about cissed

What is cissed the simple past and past participle of?
Cissed is the simple past and past participle of ciss.

Words near cissed in the dictionary

  1. cisrhenane
  2. ciss
  3. cissa
  4. cissas
  5. Cisse
  6. cissed
  7. Cissell
  8. Cissells
  9. cisses
  10. cissexism
  11. cissexist

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