I.a lip, Lat. labrum, Hom., etc.; proverb., χείλεσι γελᾶν to laugh with the lips only, Il.; χείλεα μέν τ᾽ ἐδίην᾽, ὑπερῴην δ᾽ οὐκ ἐδίηνεν wetted the lips, but not the palate, i. e. drank sparingly, id=Il.; ἀπὸ χειλέων, opp. to ἀπὸ καρδίας, with "lip-service, " Plut.
2.of birds, a bill, beak, Eur.
II.metaph. of things, the edge, brink, brim, rim, of a bowl, Od., Hdt., etc.; of a ditch, Il., Hdt.; of rivers, Hdt.