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Fourchette :: Fourchette (n.) An instrument used to raise and support the tongue during the cutting of the fraenum.

Tongue :: Tongue (v. t.) To speak; to utter.

Sea Ginger :: Sea ginger () A hydroid coral of the genus Millepora, especially M. alcicornis, of the West Indies and Florida. So called because it stings the tongue like ginger. See Illust. under Millepore..

Tang :: Tang (n.) The tongue of a buckle.

Adder's-tongue :: Adder's-tongue (n.) The yellow dogtooth violet.

Tongue :: Tongue (v. t.) To chide; to scold.

Two-tongued :: Two-tongued (a.) Double-tongued; deceitful.

Hypoglossal :: Hypoglossal (a.) Under the tongue; -- applied esp., in the higher vertebrates, to the twelfth or last pair of cranial nerves, which are distributed to the base of the tongue..

Shaft :: Shaft (n.) The pole, or tongue, of a vehicle; also, a thill..

Ranine :: Ranine (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a swelling under the tongue; also, pertaining to the region where the swelling occurs; -- applied especially to branches of the lingual artery and lingual vein..

Flippant :: Flippant (a.) Of smooth, fluent, and rapid speech; speaking with ease and rapidity; having a voluble tongue; talkative..

Dorsal :: Dorsal (a.) Pertaining to, or situated near, the back, or dorsum, of an animal or of one of its parts; notal; tergal; neural; as, the dorsal fin of a fish; the dorsal artery of the tongue; -- opposed to ventral..

Shrill-tongued :: Shrill-tongued (a.) Having a shrill voice.

Tonguefish :: Tonguefish (n.) A flounder (Symphurus plagiusa) native of the southern coast of the United States.

Corn :: Corn (v. t.) To preserve and season with salt in grains; to sprinkle with salt; to cure by salting; now, specifically, to salt slightly in brine or otherwise; as, to corn beef; to corn a tongue..

Dialect :: Dialect (n.) Means or mode of expressing thoughts; language; tongue; form of speech.

Tongue :: Tongue (v. t.) To modulate or modify with the tongue, as notes, in playing the flute and some other wind instruments..

Oracular :: Oracular (a.) Of or pertaining to an oracle; uttering oracles; forecasting the future; as, an oracular tongue..

Honey-tongued :: Honey-tongued (a.) Sweet speaking; persuasive; seductive.

Tongue :: Tongue (n.) The pole of a vehicle; especially, the pole of an ox cart, to the end of which the oxen are yoked..

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