n. [ AS. liss. ] Release; remission; ease; relief. [ Obs. ] “Of penance had a lisse.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ AS. lissan. ] To free, as from care or pain; to relieve. [ Obs. ] “Lissed of his care.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. lisso`s smooth + 'egke`falos the brain. ] (Zool.) A general name for all those placental mammals that have a brain with few or no cerebral convolutions, as Rodentia, Insectivora, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ For lithesome. ] 1. Limber; supple; flexible; lithe; lithesome. [ 1913 Webster ]

Straight, but as lissome as a hazel wand. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Light; nimble; active. Halliwell.

-- Lis"some*ness, n. [1913 Webster]