Definition of lip

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Lip (n.) 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..

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Totality :: Totality (n.) The quality or state of being total; as, the totality of an eclipse..
Conoid :: Conoid (n.) A solid formed by the revolution of a conic section about its axis; as, a parabolic conoid, elliptic conoid, etc.; -- more commonly called paraboloid, ellipsoid, etc..
Kiss :: Kiss (v. t.) To salute with the lips, as a mark of affection, reverence, submission, forgiveness, etc..
Umbilicus :: Umbilicus (n.) One of foci of an ellipse, or other curve..
Epistome :: Epistome (n.) A liplike organ that covers the mouth, in most Bryozoa. See Illust., under Entoprocta..
Calk :: Calk (n.) A sharp-pointed piece of iron or steel projecting downward on the shoe of a horse or an ox, to prevent the animal from slipping; -- called also calker, calkin..
To :: To (prep.) In many phrases, and in connection with many other words, to has a pregnant meaning, or is used elliptically..
Ellipse :: Ellipse (n.) An oval or oblong figure, bounded by a regular curve, which corresponds to an oblique projection of a circle, or an oblique section of a cone through its opposite sides. The greatest diameter of the ellipse is the major axis, and the least diameter is the minor axis. See Conic section, under Conic, and cf. Focus..
Surged :: Surge (v. i.) To slip along a windlass.
Built :: Built (a.) Formed; shaped; constructed; made; -- often used in composition and preceded by the word denoting the form; as, frigate-built, clipper-built, etc..
Smack :: Smack (n.) To kiss with a close compression of the lips, so as to make a sound when they separate; to kiss with a sharp noise; to buss..
Clipping :: Clipping (n.) The act of embracing.
Gilbbery :: Gilbbery (a.) Slippery; changeable.
Slipper :: Slipper (n.) A kind of apron or pinafore for children.
Involuted :: Involuted (a.) Turned inward at the margin, as the exterior lip of the Cyprea..
Yaupon :: Yaupon (n.) A shrub (Ilex Cassine) of the Holly family, native from Virginia to Florida. The smooth elliptical leaves are used as a substitute for tea, and were formerly used in preparing the black drink of the Indians of North Carolina. Called also South-Sea tea..
Aeolipyle :: Aeolipyle (n.) An apparatus consisting chiefly of a closed vessel (as a globe or cylinder) with one or more projecting bent tubes, through which steam is made to pass from the vessel, causing it to revolve..
Fake :: Fake (v. t.) To manipulate fraudulently, so as to make an object appear better or other than it really is; as, to fake a bulldog, by burning his upper lip and thus artificially shortening it..
Magnoliaceous :: Magnoliaceous (a.) Pertaining to a natural order (Magnoliaceae) of trees of which the magnolia, the tulip tree, and the star anise are examples..
Clip :: Clip (n.) An embrace.
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