| Lip (lip) |
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| n. | (l***ibreve]p) |
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| Lip |
| [OE. lippe,
AS. lippa; akin to D. lip, G. lippe,
lefze, OHG. lefs, Dan. læbe, Sw.
läpp, L. labium, labrum. Cf.
Labial.] |
One of the two fleshy folds
which surround the orifice of the mouth in man and many other
animals. In man the lips are organs of speech essential to certain
articulations. Hence, by a figure they denote the mouth, or all the
organs of speech, and sometimes speech itself.
An edge of an opening; a thin projecting
part of anything; a kind of short open spout; as, the lip of a
vessel.
The sharp cutting edge on the end of an
auger.
One of
the two opposite divisions of a labiate corolla.
One of the edges of
the aperture of a univalve shell.
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To touch with the lips; to put the lips to; hence, to
kiss.
To utter; to speak.
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