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lissens

lissens is the plural of lissen.

lissens is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 lissens

What is lissens the plural of?
Lissens is the plural of lissen.

Words near lissens in the dictionary

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

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