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The lips instead of being everted were in parallel planes—those, namely, of the top and bottom of the net.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" by Various

The rectum may become everted and paralyzed, and the bowels move spontaneously.

From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry

The colour is generally black-and-tan or brownish, the body is extremely long and cylindrical; the ears are large and pendulous, the legs broad, thick and twisted, with everted paws.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" by Various

Globose bodies, vertical or slightly everted collars tooled in a series of ridged bands, with tooled rims at top.

From North Devon Pottery and Its Export to America in the 17th Century by Watkins, C. Malcolm

The mouth is anterior and slightly ventral; it leads into a protrusible pharynx armed with recurved teeth that can be everted.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various