underlipn.
/ˈʌndəlɪp/, U.S. /ˈəndərˌlɪp/ 1.
a. The lower lip of a person, animal, or insect.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > mouth > [noun] > lip or lips > lower
sublabe1577
underlip1669
jiba1825
1669 W. Holder Elem. Speech 25 The Tongue and under-Lip..are moveable.
1728 J. Arbuthnot Acct. State of Learning in Lilliput 16 At that..he put out his Under-Lip.
1737 R. Challoner Catholick Christian Instructed v. 71 His Tongue a little advanced on his Under-lip.
1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. III. xxx. 124 These maxillæ of larvæ were regarded..as parts of the under-lip, on each side of which they are situated.
1855 Ld. Tennyson Maud ii, in Maud & Other Poems 11 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. 1908.)
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [noun] > mouth or type of > lip or part of
underlip1908
1908 Animal Managem. (War Office) 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.).
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > organ > [noun] > pipe > other parts of pipes
tongue1551
mouth1727
lip1728
reed1728
wind-cuttera1834
labium1847
beak1852
beard1852
underlip1852
wedge1852
body tube1854
plate-of-wind1875
wind-way1875
1852 tr. J. J. Seidel Organ & its Constr. 78 The under lip, on the foot, and immediately below the language.
1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 1709/2 The foot is an inverted cone, formed in a similar manner, and having a corresponding indentation, called the under lip.
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