Lip

lip, n. the muscular border in front of the teeth by which things are taken into the mouth; the edge of anything: ( slang ) impudent talk, insolence: ( pl. ) speech as pa ing through the lips.— v.t. to touch with the lips: to utter with the lips.— v.i. to apply the lips to the mouthpiece of an instrument.— adj. Lip′born , from the lips only: not genuine.— ns. Lip′-devō′tion , prayer of the lips without devotion in the heart; Lip′-hom′age , insincere homage; Lip′-lā′bour , empty speech; Lip′-lang′uage , oral or articulate language, communicated by motions of the lips, as opposed to the fingers, in teaching or conversing with the deaf and dumb; Lip′let , a little lip; Lip′-or′nament , an object inserted as an ornament in the lip, common among savage tribes.— adj. Lipped , having lips, or edges like lips, labiate.— ns. Lip′-read′ing , reading what a person says from the movement of the lips, in the instruction of the deaf and dumb; Lip′-serv′ice , service with the lips only: insincere devotion or worship; Lip′-wis′dom , wisdom in words only, not in deeds.— Bite the lip , to pre the lips between the teeth to keep one's self from betraying vexation, anger, .; Curl of the lip , the causing the lip to curl as an indication of scorn; Hang the lip , to be sullen or sulky; Make a lip ( Shak. ), to pout in sullenne or contempt. [A.S. lippa ; Dut. lip , Ger. lippe , L. labium , not conn. with L. lambĕre , Eng. lap .]