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Lisse vs Lisle - What's the difference?

lisse | lisle |

As a verb lisse

is to relieve, mitigate, assuage (pain etc.).

As a noun lisle is

a type of strong cotton thread, or a cloth woven from such thread.

lisse

English

Verb

(liss)
  • (obsolete) To relieve, mitigate, assuage (pain etc.).
  • * Late 14th century': And on his wey forthward thanne is he fare / In hope for to been '''lissed of his care. — Geoffrey Chaucer, ‘The Franklin's Tale’, ''Canterbury Tales

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    lisle

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • A type of strong cotton thread, or a cloth woven from such thread.
  • *1982 , (TC Boyle), Water Music , Penguin 2006, p. 41:
  • *:He wore a feather in his hat, doeskin breeches, lisle hose and an iridescent waistcoat.

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