Dictionary entry

Lip (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Lip, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Lipped (lĭpt); p. pr. & vb. n.Lipping (–pĭng).] 1. To touch with the lips; to put the lips to; hence, to kiss.

The bubble on the wine which breaks

Before you lip the glass. Praed.

A hand that kings

Have lipped and trembled kissing. Shak.

2. To utter; to speak. Keats.