overlip, v. literary.
(əʊvəˈlɪp)
[over- 1.]
trans. To overflow the lip or brim of.
1868 G. M. Hopkins Jrnls. & Papers (1959) 181 The Jumeaux and..the Breithorn, both over-lipped with heavy cowls of snow. 1872 S. Butler Erewhon v. 38 The clouds rolled up to the very summit of the pass, though they did not overlip it. |