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Oratory :: Oratory (n.) The art of an orator; the art of public speaking in an eloquent or effective manner; the exercise of rhetorical skill in oral discourse; eloquence.

Interrupt :: Interrupt (v. t.) To break into, or between; to stop, or hinder by breaking in upon the course or progress of; to interfere with the current or motion of; to cause a temporary cessation of; as, to interrupt the remarks speaking..

Battology :: Battology (n.) A needless repetition of words in speaking or writing.

Tonguy :: Tonguy (a.) Ready or voluble in speaking; as, a tonguy speaker..

Peaking :: Peaking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pea.

Ecbole :: Ecbole (n.) A digression in which a person is introduced speaking his own words.

Drawling :: Drawling (n.) The act of speaking with a drawl; a drawl.

Balaam :: Balaam (n.) A paragraph describing something wonderful, used to fill out a newspaper column; -- an allusion to the miracle of Balaam's ass speaking..

Pause :: Pause (n.) To make a short stop; to cease for a time; to intermit speaking or acting; to stop; to wait; to rest.

Charism :: Charism (n.) A miraculously given power, as of healing, speaking foreign languages without instruction, etc., attributed to some of the early Christians..

Free-tongued :: Free-tongued (a.) Speaking without reserve.

Canting :: Canting (a.) Speaking in a whining tone of voice; using technical or religious terms affectedly; affectedly pious; as, a canting rogue; a canting tone..

Home-speaking :: Home-speaking (n.) Direct, forcible, and effective speaking..

Pause :: Pause (n.) In speaking or reading aloud, a brief arrest or suspension of voice, to indicate the limits and relations of sentences and their parts..

Soft-spoken :: Soft-spoken (a.) Speaking softly; having a mild or gentle voice; hence, mild; affable..

Taciturnity :: Taciturnity (n.) Habilual silence, or reserve in speaking..

Responsory :: Responsory (n.) The answer of the people to the priest in alternate speaking, in church service..

Opeidoscope :: Opeidoscope (n.) An instrument, consisting of a tube having one end open and the other end covered with a thin flexible membrance to the center of which is attached a small mirror. It is used for exhibiting upon a screen, by means of rays reflected from the mirror, the vibratory motions caused by sounds produced at the open end of the tube, as by speaking or singing into it..

Shall :: Shall (v. i. & auxiliary.) As an auxiliary, shall indicates a duty or necessity whose obligation is derived from the person speaking; as, you shall go; he shall go; that is, I order or promise your going. It thus ordinarily expresses, in the second and third persons, a command, a threat, or a promise. If the auxillary be emphasized, the command is made more imperative, the promise or that more positive and sure. It is also employed in the language of prophecy; as, the day shall come when . .

Treat :: Treat (v. i.) To discourse; to handle a subject in writing or speaking; to make discussion; -- usually with of; as, Cicero treats of old age and of duties..

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