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Webster 1913 Edition
Lip
Lip
(lĭp)
, Noun.
[OE.
lippe
, AS. lippa
; akin to D. lip
, G. lippe
, lefze
, OHG. lefs
, Dan. læbe
, Sw. läpp
, L. labium
, labrum
. Cf. Labial
.] 1.
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.
Thine own
lips
testify against thee. Job xv. 6.
2.
An edge of an opening; a thin projecting part of anything; a kind of short open spout;
as, the
. lip
of a vessel3.
The sharp cutting edge on the end of an auger.
4.
(Bot.)
(a)
One of the two opposite divisions of a labiate corolla.
(b) The odd and peculiar petal in the
Orchis
family. See Orchidaceous
. 5.
(Zool.)
One of the edges of the aperture of a univalve shell.
6.
Impudent or abusive talk;
as, don’t give me any of your
. lip
[Slang]
Syn. – jaw.
Lip bit
, a pod auger. See
– Auger
. Lip comfort
, comfort that is given with words only.
– Lip comforter
, one who comforts with words only.
– Lip labor
, unfelt or insincere speech; hypocrisy.
Bale.
– Lip reading
, the catching of the words or meaning of one speaking by watching the motion of his lips without hearing his voice.
Carpenter.
– Lip salve
, a salve for sore lips.
– Lip service
, expression by the lips of obedience and devotion without the performance of acts suitable to such sentiments.
– Lip wisdom
, wise talk without practice, or unsupported by experience.
– Lip work
. (a)
Talk.
(b)
Kissing.
[Humorous]
B. Jonson.
– To make a lip
, to drop the under lip in sullenness or contempt.
Shak.
– To shoot out the lip
(Script.)
, to show contempt by protruding the lip.
Lip
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Lipped
(lĭpt)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Lipping
(-pĭng)
.] 1.
To touch with the lips; to put the lips to; hence, to kiss.
The bubble on the wine which breaks
Before you
Before you
lip
the glass. Praed.
A hand that kings
Have
Have
lipped
and trembled kissing. Shakespeare
2.
To utter; to speak.
[R.]
Keats.
Lip
,Verb.
T.
To clip; to trim.
[Obs.]
Holland.
Webster 1828 Edition
Lip
LIP
,Noun.
1.
The edge or border of the mouth. The lips are two fleshy or muscular parts, composing the exterior of the mouth in man and many other animals. In man, the lips, which may be opened or closed at pleasure, form the covering of the teeth, and are organs of speech essential to certain articulations. Hence the lips, by a figure, denote the mouth, or all the organs of speech, and sometimes speech itself. Job. 2.2.
The edge of any thing; as the lip of a vessel.3.
In botany, one of the two opposite divisions of a labiate corol. The upper is called the helmet, and the lower the beard. Also, an appendage to the flowers of the orchises, considered by Linne as a nectary.To make a lip, to drop the under lip in sullenness or contempt.
LIP
,Verb.
T.