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A lip, or liplike organ.
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The lip of an organ pipe.
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The folds of integument at the opening of the vulva.
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The organ of insects which covers the mouth beneath, and serves as an under lip. It consists of the second pair of maxillae, usually closely united in the middle line, but bearing a pair of palpi in most insects. It often consists of a thin anterior part (ligula or palpiger) and a firmer posterior plate (mentum).
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Inner margin of the aperture of a shell.
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an East Indian name for several twining leguminous plants related to the bean, but commonly applied to the hyacinth bean (Dolichos Lablab).
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Physical toil or bodily exertion, especially when fatiguing, irksome, or unavoidable, in distinction from sportive exercise; hard, muscular effort directed to some useful end, as agriculture, manufactures, and like; servile toil; exertion; work.
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Intellectual exertion; mental effort; as, the labor of compiling a history.
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That which requires hard work for its accomplishment; that which demands effort.
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Travail; the pangs and efforts of childbirth.
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The pitching or tossing of a vessel which results in the straining of timbers and rigging.
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A measure of land in Mexico and Texas, equivalent to an area of 177/ acres.
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To exert muscular strength; to exert one's strength with painful effort, particularly in servile occupations; to work; to toil.
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To exert one's powers of mind in the prosecution of any design; to strive; to take pains.
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To be oppressed with difficulties or disease; to do one's work under conditions which make it especially hard, wearisome; to move slowly, as against opposition, or under a burden; to be burdened; -- often with under, and formerly with of.
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