Thine own lips testify against thee. --Job xv. 6.
2. An edge of an opening; a thin projecting part of anything;
a kind of short open spout; as, the lip of a vessel.
3. The sharp cutting edge on the end of an auger.
4. (Bot.)
(a) One of the two opposite divisions of a labiate
corolla. (b) The odd and peculiar petal in the
{Orchis} family. See {Orchidaceous}.
5. (Zo["o]l.) One of the edges of the aperture of a univalve
shell.
{Lip bit}, a pod auger. See {Auger}.
{Lip comfort}, comfort that is given with words only.
{Lip comforter}, one who comforts with words only.
{Lip labor}, unfelt or insincere speech; hypocrisy. --Bale.
{Lip reading}, the catching of the words or meaning of one
speaking by watching the motion of his lips without
hearing his voice. --Carpenter.
{Lip salve}, a salve for sore lips.
{Lip service}, expression by the lips of obedience and
devotion without the performance of acts suitable to such
sentiments.
{Lip wisdom}, wise talk without practice, or unsupported by
experience.
{Lip work}.
(a) Talk.
(b) Kissing. [Humorous] --B. Jonson.
{To make a lip}, to drop the under lip in sullenness or
contempt. --Shak.
{To shoot out the lip} (Script.), to show contempt by
protruding the lip.
2. (Bot.) Any plant of the same family with the orchis; an
orchid.
Note: The common names, such as bee orchis, fly orchis,
butterfly orchis, etc., allude to the peculiar form of
the flower.