Online Encyclopedia

Search over 40,000 articles from the original, classic Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition.

LIP (a word common in various forms, ...

Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 739 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
Spread the word: del.icio.us del.icio.us it!

See also:

LIP (a word See also:common in various forms, to See also:Teutonic See also:languages, cf Ger. See also:Lippe, See also:Dan. laebe; See also:Lat. labium is cognate)  , one of the two fleshy protuberant edges of the mouth in See also:man and other animals, hence transferred to such See also:objects as resemble a See also:lip, the edge of a circular or other opening, as of a See also:shell, or of a See also:wound, or of any fissure in See also:anatomy and See also:zoology; in this last usage the Latin labium is more usually employed . It is also used of any projecting edge, as in See also:coal-See also:mining, &c . Many figurative uses are derived from the connexion with the mouth as the See also:organ of speech . In See also:architecture " lip moulding " is a See also:term given to a moulding employed in the Perpendicular See also:period, from its resemblance to an overhanging lip . It is often found in See also:base moultings, and is not confined to See also:England, there being similar examples in See also:France and See also:Italy .

End of Article: LIP (a word common in various forms, to Teutonic languages, cf Ger. Lippe, Dan. laebe; Lat. labium is cognate)
[back]
JEAN ETIENNE LIOTARD (1702—1789)
[next]
LIPA

Additional information and Comments

There are no comments yet for this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click and select "copy." Paste it into a website, email, or other HTML document.