Definitions
either the outer margin or the inner margin of the aperture of a gastropod's shell
Word origin
From Middle English lippe, from Old English lippa, lippe (“lip”), from Proto-West Germanic *lippjō (“lip”), from Proto-Germanic *lepô, from Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to hang loosely, droop, sag”).
Used in a sentence
“[…]thine owne lippes teſtifie againſt thee.”
“[…]I twiſted my thighs, ſqueezed, and compreſs’d the lips of that virgin-ſlit[…]”
Fanny Hill“The cork sails over the garden wall and lands somewhere no one can see it. A crest of white spills over the lip of the bottle and Niall pours the wine into Elaine's glass.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer5 curated clues
01“Edge of the mouth”3 letters
02“Cup's rim, perhaps”3 letters
03“Edge of a cup”3 letters
04“Mouth edge”3 letters
05“Impudence”3 letters
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