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noun
Labial  n.  
1.
(Phonetics) A letter or character representing an articulation or sound formed or uttered chiefly with the lips, as b, p, w.
2.
(Mus.) An organ pipe that is furnished with lips; a flue pipe.
3.
(Zool.) One of the scales which border the mouth of a fish or reptile.


adjective
Labial  adj.  
1.
Of or pertaining to the lips or labia; as, labial veins.
2.
(Mus.) Furnished with lips; as, a labial organ pipe.
3.
(Phonetics)
(a)
Articulated, as a consonant, mainly by the lips, as b, p, m, w.
(b)
Modified, as a vowel, by contraction of the lip opening, as eu and u in French, and ö, ü in German.
4.
(Zool.) Of or pertaining to the labium; as, the labial palpi of insects. See Labium.





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"Labial" Quotes from Famous Books



... the Greeks (Ducas, c. 35) are derived from the natural language of children; and it may be observed, that all such primitive words which denote their parents, are the simple repetition of one syllable, composed of a labial or a dental consonant and an open vowel, (Des Brosses, Mechanisme des Langues, tom. ...
— The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Volume 6 • Edward Gibbon
... modest participation in the ideal world may similarly be due to his possessing tongue and ear. For when he finds shouting and vague moaning after a while fatiguing, he can draw a new pleasure from uttering all sorts of labial, dental, and gutteral sounds. Their rhythms and oppositions can entertain him, and he can begin to use his lingual gamut to designate the whole range of his perceptions ...
— The Life of Reason • George Santayana
... Boys, for Girls and for Camps, have been chosen out of many because the words are easily pronounced; none of them have any of the peculiar labial, nasal or guttural sounds common in the various Indian languages, which are difficult to represent by the letters of our alphabet and equally difficult for ...
— Indian Games and Dances with Native Songs • Alice C. Fletcher
... puberty,[119] but in his ignorance, in most cases, of the simplest caresses and kisses for which we often find corresponding acts in birds and other animals. The nerves of primitive men are too coarse for such a delicate sensation as labial contact, and an embrace would leave them cold. An African approximation to a kiss is described by Baker (Ismailia, 472). He had liberated a number of female slaves, and presently, he says, "I found myself in the arms of a naked beauty, who kissed ...
— Primitive Love and Love-Stories • Henry Theophilus Finck
... in this great reform Of face and feature are engrossed Agree that to enforce a norm In labial fabric matters most; The lips that help a race to win Unquestionably ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 153, Dec. 26, 1917 • Various


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