baisemainn.
Obsolete.
A kiss of the hands: in plural compliments, respects.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > [noun] > deferential
devoir14..
service1567
respects1577
mannersa1616
baisementc1654
baisemain1656
regards?1702
salaam1786
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. i. sig. Cc5 Euery knight..Gan choose his dame with Bascimanio gay.]
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Baisemains, kissing of the hands, humble service.
1707 G. Farquhar Beaux Stratagem iii. 25 Do my Baisemains to the Gentleman, and tell him I will..wait on him immediately.
1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random II. xlvi. 106 Do the doctor's baise-mains to the lady, and squire her hither.
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