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orchis

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Lip  \Lip\  (l[i^]p),  n.  [OE.  lippe,  AS  lippa;  akin  to  D.  lip,  G. 
  lippe,  lefze  OHG.  lefs,  Dan.  l[ae]be,  Sw  l["a]pp,  L. 
  labium,  labrum.  Cf  {Labial}.] 
  1.  One  of  the  two  fleshy  folds  which  surround  the  orifice  of 
  the  mouth  in  man  and  many  other  animals.  In  man  the  lips 
  are  organs  of  speech  essential  to  certain  articulations. 
  Hence  by  a  figure  they  denote  the  mouth,  or  all  the 
  organs  of  speech,  and  sometimes  speech  itself 
 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Orchis  \Or"chis\,  n.;  pl  {Orchises}.  [L.,  fr  Gr  ?  a  testicle, 
  the  orchis;  --  so  called  from  its  tubers.] 
  1.  (Bot.)  A  genus  of  endogenous  plants  growing  in  the  North 
  Temperate  zone,  and  consisting  of  about  eighty  species. 
  They  are  perennial  herbs  growing  from  a  tuber  (beside 
  which  is  usually  found  the  last  year's  tuber  also),  and 
  are  valued  for  their  showy  flowers.  See  {Orchidaceous}. 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  orchis 
  n  :  any  of  various  deciduous  terrestrial  orchids  having  fleshy 
  tubers  and  flowers  in  erect  terminal  racemes




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