Hypertext Webster Gateway: "lissom"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lissom \Lis"som\, Lissome \Lis"some\ (l[i^]s"s[u^]m), a. [For
lithesome.]
1. Limber; supple; flexible; lithe; lithesome.
Straight, but as lissome as a hazel wand.
--Tennyson.
2. Light; nimble; active. --Halliwell. -- {Lis"some*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
lissom
adj : gracefully slender; moving and bending with ease [syn: {lissome},
{lithe}, {lithesome}, {slender}, {supple}, {svelte}, {sylphlike}]
Additional Hypertext Webster Gateway Lookup
Gateway by dict@stokkie.net
stock only wrote the gateway and does not have any control over the contents;
see the Webster Gateway FAQ,
and also the Back-end/database links and credits.