overlippe

Middle English

Noun

overlippe

  1. upper lip
    • late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, General Prologue, The Canterbury Tales, line 133-135:
      Hir over lippe wyped she so clene,
      That in hir coppe was no ferthing sene
      Of grece, whan she dronken hadde hir draughte.
      She wiped her upper lip so clean,
      That in her cup there was seen no tiny bit
      Of grease, when she had drunk her drink.
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