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The whole limb is usually everted to a greater or less degree, and is slightly abducted.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander

The lip is swollen and everted, and there is a considerable area of induration around.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander

Within the thorax, there are some longitudinal muscles, without transverse stri�, which, I believe, enter the short limbs, but not the abdomen, as I infer from the latter not being everted when they are pulled.

From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles

In consequence of this the cleft of the blastopore lay between the normal blastopore-lip and the everted border of the other lip.

From The Biological Problem of To-day Preformation Or Epigenesis? The Basis of a Theory of Organic Development by Hertwig, Oscar

No sound escaped from Imbrie, but his smooth face turned hideous with rage; the lips everted over the clenched teeth, the ruddy skin livid and blotchy.

From The Woman from Outside [on Swan River] by Footner, Hulbert