Weaving. [a. F. lisse, lice (cf. with quot. F. haute lice).] = LEASE sb.4 2, 3. Also see quots. 1878, 1885.

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1782.  Encycl. Brit. (ed. 2), IX. 6711/1. [Parts of a ribbon-loom] 6 The high-lisses, or lists, are a number of long threads, with platines, or plate-leads, at the bottom [etc.].

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1878.  De Champeaux, Tapestry, Introd. [Explains the ‘lisses’ to be the two cylinders of which the loom consists].

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1885.  E. Müntz, Tapestry, xvi. 358. Rings of small cord called ‘lices’ or ‘lisses,’ are fastened to each thread of the front cloth.

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