lip

n. [ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thine own lips testify against thee. Job xv. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An edge of an opening; a thin projecting part of anything; a kind of short open spout; as, the lip of a vessel. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The sharp cutting edge on the end of an auger. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Zool.) One of the edges of the aperture of a univalve shell. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Impudent or abusive talk; as, don't give me any of your lip. [ Slang ]
Syn. -- jaw. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Lipped p. pr. & vb. n. Lipping ] 1. To touch with the lips; to put the lips to; hence, to kiss. [ 1913 Webster ]

The bubble on the wine which breaks
Before you lip the glass. Praed. [ 1913 Webster ]

A hand that kings
Have lipped and trembled kissing. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To utter; to speak. [ R. ] Keats. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. li`pos fat + a"i^ma blood.] (Med.) A condition in which fat occurs in the blood. [1913 Webster]

n. pl.; sing. Lipan (Ethnol.) A tribe of North American Indians, inhabiting the northern part of Mexico. They belong to the Tinneh stock, and are closely related to the Apaches. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) Any species of a family (Liparidæ) of destructive bombycid moths, as the tussock moths. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A natural family including the snailfishes.
Syn. -- family Liparididae, family Liparidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Bot.) an orchid of the genus Liparis having few leaves and usually fairly small yellow-green or dull purple flowers in terminal racemes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. (Zool.) The type genus of the Liparididae, consisting of certain of the snailfishes.
Syn. -- genus Liparis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ So called from Lipari, the island. ] (Min.) A quartzose trachyte; rhyolite. [ 1913 Webster ]