Definition of lip

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Lip (n.) An edge of an opening; a thin projecting part of anything; a kind of short open spout; as, the lip of a vessel..

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Table :: Table (v. t.) To insert, as one piece of timber into another, by alternate scores or projections from the middle, to prevent slipping; to scarf..
Scape :: Scape (n.) A freak; a slip; a fault; an escapade.
Umbilicus :: Umbilicus (n.) One of foci of an ellipse, or other curve..
Cheiloplasty :: Cheiloplasty (n.) The process of forming an artificial tip or part of a lip, by using for the purpose a piece of healthy tissue taken from some neighboring part..
Scaleboard :: Scaleboard (n.) A thin slip of wood used to justify a page.
Ellipse :: Ellipse (n.) Omission. See Ellipsis.
Periphery :: Periphery (n.) The circumference of a circle, ellipse, or other figure..
Polyanthus :: Polyanthus (n.) The oxlip. So called because the peduncle bears a many-flowered umbel. See Oxlip. (b) A bulbous flowering plant of the genus Narcissus (N. Tazetta, or N. polyanthus of some authors). See Illust. of Narcissus..
Tulipist :: Tulipist (n.) A person who is especially devoted to the cultivation of tulips.
Slip :: Slip (n.) A fish, the sole..
Slipper :: Slipper (n.) A kind of brake or shoe for a wagon wheel.
Olive :: Olive (n.) A tree (Olea Europaea) with small oblong or elliptical leaves, axillary clusters of flowers, and oval, one-seeded drupes. The tree has been cultivated for its fruit for thousands of years, and its branches are the emblems of peace. The wood is yellowish brown and beautifully variegated..
Effuse :: Effuse (a.) Having the lips, or edges, of the aperture abruptly spreading; -- said of certain shells..
Pacinian :: Pacinian (a.) Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Filippo Pacini, an Italian physician of the 19th century..
Smack :: Smack (v. i.) A quick, sharp noise, as of the lips when suddenly separated, or of a whip..
Rounded :: Rounded (a.) Modified by contraction of the lip opening; labialized; labial. See Guide to Pronunciation, / 11..
Pew :: Pew (n.) One of the compartments in a church which are separated by low partitions, and have long seats upon which several persons may sit; -- sometimes called slip. Pews were originally made square, but are now usually long and narrow..
Eccentric :: Eccentric (a.) Not having the same center; -- said of circles, ellipses, spheres, etc., which, though coinciding, either in whole or in part, as to area or volume, have not the same center; -- opposed to concentric..
Endopodite :: Endopodite (n.) The internal or principal branch of the locomotive appendages of Crustacea. See Maxilliped.
Labial :: Labial (a.) Of or pertaining to the lips or labia; as, labial veins..
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