Definition of "oscula" [oscula]

• Plural of osculum. (noun)

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• "They are destructive, and the more the worse: [5115] Et quae me perdunt, oscula mille dabat, they are the bane of these miserable lovers."
• "Brachia, non hederae, neque vincant oscula conchae."
• "But commonly they omit opportunities, oscula qui sumpsit, &c., they neglect the usual means and times."