Literary notes about Osculate (AI summary)
The term "osculate" is employed across diverse literary contexts to denote a form of contact or meeting, both literal and metaphorical. In a lexical sense, it is aligned with words like join, adhere, and coincide, as noted in [1]. Its usage extends beyond this basic definition; for instance, in mathematical and technical writing, it describes the precise touching or sharing of a point between curved surfaces, a notion articulated in [2] and [3]. Moreover, the term finds a place in more playful or poetic narratives, where it conveys a sense of intimate, almost whimsical interaction, as seen in [4] and [5].
- V. be contiguous &c. adj.; join, adjoin, abut on, march with; graze, touch, meet, osculate, come in contact, coincide; coexist; adhere &c. 46.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget - There exists an infinity of surfaces of the second degree, which at one of their vertices osculate any surface whatever at a given point.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - Here the slab is caused to osculate by shaking wheels introduced underneath, each possessing six, eight, or more teeth.
— from The Manufacture of Chocolate and other Cacao Preparations by Paul Zipperer - I N a perfumed orange grove, ajacent to Cordova, I taught the English Grammar unto a lady gay; The verb "to osculate"
— from The Spook Ballads by William Theodore Parkes - It was a case of wrestle and osculate from morning until night regardless of how many curious and amused spectators were in the audience.
— from From Job to Job around the World by Alfred C. B. (Alfred Charles Benson) Fletcher
