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ˈunderlip
[under-1 5 b. Cf. Du. onderlip, G. unterlippe, Sw. underläpp, Da. underlæbe.]
1. The lower lip of a person, animal, or insect.
1669Holder Elem. Speech 25 The Tongue and under-Lip..are moveable. a1735Arbuthnot State Learn. Lilliput Misc. Wks. 1751 I. 145 At that..he put out his Under-Lip. 1737Challoner Cath. Chr. Instr. (1753) 71 His Tongue a little advanced on his Under-lip. 1826Kirby & Sp. Entomol. III. xxx. 124 These maxillæ of larvæ were regarded..as parts of the under-lip, on each side of which they are situated. 1855Tennyson Maud i. ii. 9 An underlip, you may call it a little too ripe, too full. 1882‘F. Anstey’ Vice Versâ i, His big underlip drooped rather weakly.
b. spec. (See quot.)
1908Animal Managem. 32 ‘Upperlip’ and ‘underlip’ are the names used to denote white skin at the edges of the lips [of horses].
2. In an organ-pipe: (see quots.).
1852Seidel Organ 78 The under lip, on the foot, and immediately below the language. 1875Knight Dict. Mech. 1709 The foot is an inverted cone, formed in a similar manner, and having a corresponding indentation, called the under lip. |