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The lip is everted, and its mucous membrane unduly prominent.

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

Curving sides, terminating at heavy, raised, rounded band surmounted by concave, everted rim.

From North Devon Pottery and Its Export to America in the 17th Century by Watkins, C. Malcolm

—Thick and moderately everted lips occur in nearly half the series.

From A Racial Study of the Fijians by Gabel, Norman E.

The function of the everted filament is probably to secure the attachment of the spore to the epithelium of the new host.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various

As any one of these everted lips could act as a scraper it was a matter of indifference which struck the bottom when the dredge was lowered.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" by Various