\Liss\ (l[i^]s), n. [AS. liss.]
Release; remission; ease; relief. [Obs.] ``Of penance had a
lisse.'' --Chaucer.

\Liss\, v. t. [AS. lissan.]
To free, as from care or pain; to relieve. [Obs.] ``Lissed of
his care.'' --Chaucer.