单词 | lipsalve |
释义 | lipsalve|ˈlɪpsɑːv, -sælv| [f. lip n. + salve n.] Salve or ointment for the lips; an example of this; also fig. flattering speech. attrib. in lipsalve-box.
1591Percivall Sp. Dict., Cerillas, lip salue, Vnguentum labiorum. 1627E. F. Hist. Edw. II (1680) 91 One that..taught him not to trust a Woman's Lip-salve, when that he knew her breast was fill'd with rancour. 1631R. Brathwait Eng. Gentlew. (1641) 297 Let not their lip-salve so annoynt you, as it make you forgetfull of him that made you. 1710Steele Tatler No. 245 ⁋2 A Collection of Receipts to make..Pomatums, Lip-Salves. 1767H. Glasse Cookery 383 A fine lip salve. 1806–7J. Beresford Miseries Hum. Life (1826) vi. xxxi, You supply the deficiency of the former with wafers, pocket-pieces, lip-salve-boxes, cut cards, &c. 1826Scott Jrnl. 13 May, Praise..costs men nothing, and is usually only lip-salve. 1882J. Ashton Social Life Reign Q. Anne I. 128 Rose and white lip salves were used as now. |

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