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A small appendage beneath the upper lip or labrum of certain insects.

Slipping; sliding; gliding. [R.]

Of or pertaining to the lips or labia; as, labial veins.

The modification of an articulation by contraction of the lip opening.

To modify by contraction of the lip opening.

In a labial manner; with, or by means of, the lips.

r corolla or calyx divided into two unequal parts, one projecting over the other like the lips of a mouth, as in the snapdragon, sage, and catnip.

Liable to slip, err, fall, or apostatize. [Obs.] Cheyne.

Formed or pronounced by the cooperation of the lips and teeth, as f and v. -- n.

Formed by the lips and the nose. -- n.

A plastic operation for making a new lip, or for replacing a lost tissue of a lip.

A lip, or liplike organ.

Lips. [Obs. & R.] Shak.

A piece of wood, shell, stone, or other substance, worn in a perforation of the lip or cheek by many savages.

Having thick lips.

A lip or edge, as of a basin.

echanism for producing light by electricity. See Incandescent lamp, under Incandescent. Æolipile lamp, a hollow ball of copper containing alcohol which is converted into vapor by a lamp beneath, so as to make a powerful blowpipe flame when the vapor is ignited. Weale. -- Arc lamp (Elec.), a form of lamp in which the v…

(a) The crake or corncrake of Europe. See Crake. (b) An Australian rail (Hypotænidia Phillipensis); -- called also pectoral rail. -- Land scrip, a certificate that the purchase money for a certain portion of the public land has been paid to the officer entitled to receive it. [U.S.] -- Land shark, a swindler of sailo…

A wolf (Canis pallipes), found in India, allied to the jackal.

Anything resembling the tongue in form or office; specif., the slip of metal in an organ pipe which turns the current of air toward its mouth.