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lab (fr. lap, fr. S. लप् ), s.m. & f. Lip; edge, margin, verge, brink, brim, border; bank, shore, coast; brow (of. a hill);—the portion of a moustache below the nose;—saliva:—lab-ā-lab, adj. Lip to lip;—brim ul (syn. lab-rez):—lab-bastagī, s.f. State of having the lips closed:—lab-basta, adj. & adv. With closed lips:—lab (or labeṅ) band hona, v.n. The lips to be (or to remain) closed; to be silent; the lips not to open, or to be taken off (from a thing luscious to the taste; e.g. ambe aise shīrīn the ki labeṅband hotīthīṅ); to be cloyed (with sweets):—lab-ḵẖā, adj. & s.m. Biting the lip; fastidious; fretful;—one who bites his lips; a fastidious man; a prig; a beau;—lab-ḵẖāpaḵẖnā, s.m. A beau:—lab-ě-daryā, s.m. Bank of a river; sea-shore:—lab-rez, adj. Brimful, overflowing, running over, exuberant:—labrezī, s.f. Excessive fulness; overflowing, abundance:—lab-ě-shīrīn, Sweet or honeyed lips:—lab kholnā, or lab hilānā, To open (or to move) the lips, to speak:—lab lagānā(-meṅ), To apply (or put) the lip (to);—to apply saliva (to):—lab-los, s.f. 'Lip-flattery'; flattery, adulation (cf. ćāplos):—lab-o-lahja, s.m. Conversation; tone, voice; modulation:—laboṅ-pe jān (or dam) honā, The life (or the breath) to be on the lips, to be dying:—labeṅlenā, To shave or clip the moustache.
Origin: Persian