Emily Dickinson Lexicon

LI'ON'S-LEAF, n.

A plant of the genus Leontice.

LI'ON'S-TAIL, n.

A plant of the genus Leonurus.

LIP, n. [Sax. lippa, lippe; D. lip; G. and Dan. lippe; Sw. läpp; L. labium, labrum; It. labbro; Sp. labio; Fr. levre; Ir. clab or liobhar; Pers. {} lab. It may be connected with W. llavaru, Ir. labhraim, to speak, that is, to thrust out. The sense is probably a border.]

1. The edge or border of the mouth. The lips are two fleshy or muscular parts, composing the exterior of the mouth in man and many other animals. In man, the lips, which may be opened or closed at pleasure, form the covering of the teeth, and are organs of speech essential to certain articulations. Hence the lips, by a figure, denote the mouth, or all the organs of speech, and sometimes to speech itself. Job. ii.
2. The edge of any thing; as, the lip of a vessel. Burnet
3. In botany, one of the two opposite divisions of a labiate corol. The upper is called the helmet, and the lower the beard. Also, an appendage to the flowers of the Orchises, considered by Linnaeus as a nectary. Martyn. Smith. To make a lip, to drop the under lip in sullenness or contempt. Shak.

LIP, v.t.

To kiss. Shak.

LIP-DE-VO'TION, n.

Prayers uttered by the lips without the desires of the heart.

LIP'-GOOD, a.

Good in profession only. B. Jonson.

LIP'-LA-BOR, n.

Labor or action of the lips without concurrence of the mind; words without sentiments.

LIP'LESS, a.

Having no lips. Byron.

LIP'LET, n.

A little lip. Kirby.

LIP'O-GRAM, n. [Gr. {foreign}, to leave, and {foreign}, a letter.]

A writing in which a single letter is wholly omitted.

LIP-O-GRAM-MAT'IC, a. [Gr. {foreign} and {foreign}.]

Omitting a letter. Lipogrammatic writings are those in which a particular letter is wholly omitted.

LIP-O-GRAM'MA-TIST, n.

One who writes any thing, dropping a single letter. Addison,

LI-POTH'Y-MOUS, a. [See Lipothymy.]

Swooning; fainting.

LI-POTH'Y-MY, n. [Gr. {foreign}; {}, to fail, and {}, soul.]

A fainting; a swoon. Coxe. Taylor.

LIP'PED, a.

1. Having lips.
2. In botany, labiate.

LIP'PED, pp.

Kissed.

LIP'PING, ppr.

Kissing.

LIP'PI-TUDE, n. [L. lippitudo, from lippus, blear-eyed.]

Soreness of eyes; blearedness. Bacon.

LIP'-WIS-DOM, n.

Wisdom in talk without practice; wisdom in words not supported by experience. Sidney.

LIQ'UA-BLE, a. [See Liquate.]

That may be melted.

LI'QUATE, v.i. [L. liquo.]

To melt; to liquefy; to be dissolved. [Little used.] Woodward.

LI-QUA'TION, n. [L. liquatio. See Liquate.]

1. The act or operation of melting.
2. The capacity of being melted; as, a substance congealed beyond liquation. Brown.

LIQ'UE-FAC'TION, n. [L. liquefactio, from liquefacio.]

1. The act or operation of melting or dissolving; the conversion of a solid into a liquid by the sole agency of heat or calorie. Liquefaction, in common usage, signifies the melting of any substance, but by some authors it is applied to the melting of substances, which pass through intermediate states of softness before they become fluid, as tallow, wax, resin, &c. Coxe's Dispensatory.
2. The state of being melted.

LIQ'UE-FI-A-BLE, a.

That may be melted, or changed from a solid to a liquid state. Bacon.

LI'QUE-FI-ED, pp.

Melted; become liquid.