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Verb.

[

imp. & p. p.

Osculated

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Osculating

[L.

osculatus

, p. p. of

osculari

to kiss, fr.

osculum

a little mouth, a kiss, dim. of

mouth. See

, and cf.

To kiss.

(Geom.)

To touch closely, so as to have a common curvature at the point of contact. See

, 2.

Verb.

To kiss one another; to kiss.

(Geom.)

To touch closely. See

, 2.

(Biol.)

To have characters in common with two genera or families, so as to form a connecting link between them; to interosculate. See