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—Thick and moderately everted lips occur in nearly half the series.

From A Racial Study of the Fijians by Gabel, Norman E.

By next morning every larva was fixed to the glass and had everted its two polypides.

From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Annandale, Nelson

Curving sides, terminating at heavy, raised, rounded band surmounted by concave, everted rim.

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

The sores thus formed are ulcerous and unhealthy, with puffy, ragged, everted borders and a grayish or yellowish red base, which often extends deeply between the muscles and exposes tendons and bones.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

The edges were thick and everted, and surrounded with an erysipelatous inflammation.

From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Bache, Franklin