单词 | overlip |
释义 | overlipn. The upper lip; (now usually) the part of the face above the fleshy part of the upper lip and below the nose. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > mouth > [noun] > lip or lips > upper overlipOE OE Laws of Cnut (Nero) ii. xxx. §5. 334 Þonne do man ut his eagan, & ceorfan of his nosu & his earan & þa uferan lippan. a1325 Gloss. W. de Bibbesworth (Arun.) (1857) 146 (MED) La bas levere et la levere suseyne [glossed] the overe lippe ant the nethere. c1387–95 G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. 133 Hir ouer [c1430 Camb. Gg.4.27. ouere] lippe [c1410 Harl. 7334 ouerlippe] wyped she so clene. ?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 100 In anoþer ile er foule men þat hase þe ouer lippe [?a1425 Titus lippe aboue the mouth; Fr. lieuere dessour] so grete þat, when þai slepe in þe sonne, þai couer all þe visage with þat lippe. 1480 W. Caxton Descr. Brit. 37 Noble fruyt hangyng downe to the ouer lyppe. 1543 ( Chron. J. Hardyng (1812) 198 (MED) She cut hir nose of and her ouer lippe, To make hir lothe that she might from hym slipe. c1620 A. Hume Of Orthogr. Britan Tongue (1870) i. iv. §4 The overlip, the outward teeth, the inward teeth, and the roofe of the mouth. 1788 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. II. 362 Uvver, upper; as the uvver lip. 1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 373 Uvverlip. 1864 B. Preston Poems 10 (E.D.D.) His hair..spraated aht fro' t' uvvor lip. 1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Uvver lip, the top lip. 1881 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. Suppl. 463 'Er uvver-lip's swelled as big as two. a1917 W. C. Williams Coll. Poems (1986) I. 33 Good is my over lip and evil My underlip to you henceforth. 1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. at Uvver Yan's uvver lip. 1979 B. Pisano Boxers 35 Over-protrusion of the overlip or underlip is undesirable. 1999 Flare (Nexis) Oct. 96 A strongly defined overlip, where the two chiselled ridges under the nose stand out, means a person has that head-turning kind of charisma. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † overlipv.1 Obsolete. transitive. To provide with a lip on top.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1868 G. M. Hopkins Jrnls. & Papers (1959) 181 The Jumeaux and..the Breithorn, both over-lipped with heavy cowls of snow..and in the Breithorn especially the wavings and impressions of these great lips or cornices crisply cut off below remind one of thatch-eaves. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2019). † overlipv.2 Obsolete. rare. 1. transitive. literary. To overflow the lip or brim of. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > liquid which has been emitted > overflow > [verb (transitive)] > over the brim, side, or edge overflow1548 overbrim1818 overwell1864 overlip1872 overdrip1897 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [verb (transitive)] > move beyond > spill over the edge of overflow1548 overswell1597 overbrim1818 overspill1855 overwell1864 overlip1872 overdrip1897 1872 S. Butler Erewhon v. 38 The clouds rolled up to the very summit of the pass, though they did not overlip it. 2. intransitive. Scottish. To overflow, brim over. Chiefly figurative. ΚΠ 1885 J. Nicholson Tibbie's Garland 176 A' loupin' an' lauchin', o'erlippin' wi' joy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < |
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