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lissening

lissening is the present participle and gerund of lissen.

Meaning of lissen

Noun

lissen (plural lissens)

  1. (dialectal) A cleft or hollow in rock.
    • And I remember in my youth, in the Lisne of a Rock at Kingſcote in Gloceſtershire, I found at least a Bushel of Petrified Cockles actually distinct one from another, each near as big as my Fist.a. 1677 (date written), Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature, London: […] William Godbid, for William Shrowsbery, […]...

Questions about lissening

What is lissening the present participle and gerund of?
Lissening is the present participle and gerund of lissen.

Words near lissening in the dictionary

  1. lissencephalous
  2. lissencephaly
  3. Lissenden
  4. Lissendens
  5. lissened
  6. lissening
  7. lissens
  8. lisses
  9. lissing
  10. Lissington
  11. Lissingtons

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