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viss | wiss |

As a noun viss

is a Burmese unit of measure for weight, approximately 1.63293 kilograms (3.6 pounds).

As a verb wiss is

to know, to understand.

viss

English

Alternative forms

* vis

Noun

(es)
  • A Burmese unit of measure for weight, approximately 1.63293 kilograms (3.6 pounds).

    • Related terms

    * tical ----

    wiss

    English

    Alternative forms

    * wis

    Verb

  • (archaic) To know, to understand.
  • * 1652 , Elias Ashmole, Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum :
    • Now with their might they downe me pull, and bring me where they woll, the Blood of myne heart I wiss now causeth both Joy and blisse.
  • * 1874 , Dodsley et al., A Select Collection of Old English Plays :
    • And though that the water be gross and heavy, yet nothing so gross as the earth, I wiss ; therefore by heat it is vapoured up lightly, and in the air maketh clouds and mists.