| Tongue (tongue) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Tongue |
| [OE. tunge,
tonge, AS. tunge; akin to OFries. tunge, D.
tong, OS. tunga, G. zunge, OHG. zunga, Icel. ***
Sw. tunga, Dan tunge, Goth. tugg&omacr], OL.
dingua, L. |
an organ situated in the floor of
the mouth of most vertebrates and connected with the hyoid arch.
The power of articulate utterance;
speech.
Discourse; fluency of speech or
expression.
Honorable discourse; eulogy.
A language] the whole sum of words used by a
particular nation; as, the English tongue.
Speech; words or declarations only; -- opposed
to thoughts or actions.
A people having a distinct language.
The
lingual ribbon, or odontophore, of a mollusk.
Any small sole.
That which is considered as resembing an
animal's tongue, in position or form.
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| Tongue (tongue) |
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| v. t. | (?) |
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| Tongue |
| [imp. *** p.
p. Tongued (?)] p. pr. *** vb. n.
Tonguing.] |
To speak] to utter.
To chide; to scold.
To modulate or modify with the
tongue, as notes, in playing the flute and some other wind
instruments.
To join means of a tongue and grove; as, to
tongue boards together.
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| Tongue (tongue) |
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| v. i. | |
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| Tongue |
|
To
talk; to prate.
To use the tongue in forming the
notes, as in playing the flute and some other wind instruments.
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