harelip
Usually Offensive. cleft lip.
Origin of harelip
1usage note For harelip
Other words from harelip
- harelipped, adjective
Words that may be confused with harelip
- harebrained, harelip
Words Nearby harelip
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How to use harelip in a sentence
Harwood might treat her, as she said, like a step-child with a harelip, but occasionally she made him sit up.
A Hoosier Chronicle | Meredith NicholsonCommon illustrations of such deforming developmental accidents are harelip, cleft palate, and club foot.
The Mother and Her Child | William S. SadlerJean was even more illfavored, having a scar across his mouth which gave him an artificial harelip.
Greener Than You Think | Ward MooreThere is just the possibility that a contrivance like our harelip pin with a figure of eight thread may be indicated.
Surgical Instruments in Greek and Roman Times | John Stewart MilneHe was a man with a harelip and a pure heart, and everybody said he was as true as steel.
Some Rambling Notes of an Idle Excursion | Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
British Dictionary definitions for harelip
/ (ˈhɛəˌlɪp) /
a congenital cleft or fissure in the midline of the upper lip, resembling the cleft upper lip of a hare, often occurring with cleft palate: Preferred form cleft lip
Derived forms of harelip
- harelipped, adjective
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