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lip 1. Anatomy a. either of the two fleshy folds surrounding the mouth, playing an important role in the production of speech sounds, retaining food in the mouth, etc. b. (as modifier): lip salve 2. the corresponding part in animals, esp mammals 4. the embouchure and control in the lips needed to blow wind and brass instruments lip [lip] (anatomy) A fleshy fold above and below the entrance to the mouth of mammals. (civil engineering) A parapet placed on the downstream margin of a millrace or apron in order to minimize scouring of the river bottom. (design engineering) Cutting edge of a fluted drill formed by the intersection of the flute and the lip clearance angle, and extending from the chisel edge at the web to the circumference. (medicine) The margin of an open wound. (science and technology) The edge of a hollow cavity or container. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Over this lip, as over a slippery threshold, we now slide into the mouth. Daughtry kissed with his lips again, and Michael turned around so as to face him, sat down, and rested his head on the steward's knees. As is always the case with a thoroughly attractive woman, her defect- the shortness of her upper lip and her half-open mouth- seemed to be her own special and peculiar form of beauty. |
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