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Tongue :: Tongue (n.) A short piece of rope spliced into the upper part of standing backstays, etc.; also. the upper main piece of a mast composed of several pieces..

Swallowtail :: Swallowtail (n.) A kind of tenon or tongue used in making joints. See Dovetail.

Glottology :: Glottology (n.) The science of tongues or languages; comparative philology; glossology.

Lap :: Lap (v. t.) To take into the mouth with the tongue; to lick up with a quick motion of the tongue.

Worm :: Worm (n.) To cut the worm, or lytta, from under the tongue of, as a dog, for the purpose of checking a disposition to gnaw. The operation was formerly supposed to guard against canine madness..

Tongue :: Tongue (n.) Any small sole.

Pawl :: Pawl (n.) A pivoted tongue, or sliding bolt, on one part of a machine, adapted to fall into notches, or interdental spaces, on another part, as a ratchet wheel, in such a manner as to permit motion in one direction and prevent it in the reverse, as in a windlass; a catch, click, or detent. See Illust. of Ratchet Wheel..

Loll :: Loll (v. i.) To hand extended from the mouth, as the tongue of an ox or a log when heated with labor or exertion..

Chromosphere :: Chromosphere (n.) An atmosphere of rare matter, composed principally of incandescent hydrogen gas, surrounding the sun and enveloping the photosphere. Portions of the chromosphere are here and there thrown up into enormous tongues of flame..

Romanic :: Romanic (n.) Related to the Roman people by descent; -- said especially of races and nations speaking any of the Romanic tongues.

Pleasant-tongued :: Pleasant-tongued (a.) Of pleasing speech.

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

Agrom :: Agrom (n.) A disease occurring in Bengal and other parts of the East Indies, in which the tongue chaps and cleaves..

Gustatory :: Gustatory (a.) Pertaining to, or subservient to, the sense of taste; as, the gustatory nerve which supplies the front of the tongue..

Jew''s-harp :: "Jew's-harp (n.) An instrument of music, which, when placed between the teeth, gives, by means of a bent metal tongue struck by the finger, a sound which is modulated by the breath; -- called also Jew's-trump..

Match :: Match (v. t.) To fit together, or make suitable for fitting together; specifically, to furnish with a tongue and a groove, at the edges; as, to match boards..

Tonguester :: Tonguester (n.) One who uses his tongue; a talker; a story-teller; a gossip.

Latinity :: Latinity (n.) The Latin tongue, style, or idiom, or the use thereof; specifically, purity of Latin style or idiom..

Tongue-shaped :: Tongue-shaped (a.) Shaped like a tongue; specifically (Bot.), linear or oblong, and fleshy, blunt at the end, and convex beneath; as, a tongue-shaped leaf..

Clevis :: Clevis (n.) A piece of metal bent in the form of an oxbow, with the two ends perforated to receive a pin, used on the end of the tongue of a plow, wagen, etc., to attach it to a draft chain, whiffletree, etc.; -- called also clavel, clevy..

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