Definition of tongue

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Tongue (n.) The lingual ribbon, or odontophore, of a mollusk..

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Tongue :: Tongue (n.) Any small sole.
Langued :: Langued (a.) Tongued; having the tongue visible.
Tait :: Tait (n.) A small nocturnal and arboreal Australian marsupial (Tarsipes rostratus) about the size of a mouse. It has a long muzzle, a long tongue, and very few teeth, and feeds upon honey and insects. Called also noolbenger..
Lick :: Lick (v.) A quick and careless application of anything, as if by a stroke of the tongue, or of something which acts like a tongue; as, to put on colors with a lick of the brush. Also, a small quantity of any substance so applied..
Tongue :: Tongue (n.) Speech; words or declarations only; -- opposed to thoughts or actions.
Hiss :: Hiss (v. i.) To make with the mouth a prolonged sound like that of the letter s, by driving the breath between the tongue and the teeth; to make with the mouth a sound like that made by a goose or a snake when angered; esp., to make such a sound as an expression of hatred, passion, or disapproval..
Tongueworm :: Tongueworm (n.) Any species of Linguatulina.
Tongue :: Tongue (n.) The clapper of a bell.
Shaft :: Shaft (n.) The pole, or tongue, of a vehicle; also, a thill..
Blain :: Blain (n.) A bladder growing on the root of the tongue of a horse, against the windpipe, and stopping the breath..
Glossanthrax :: Glossanthrax (n.) A disease of horses and cattle accompanied by carbuncles in the mouth and on the tongue.
Linguacious :: Linguacious (a.) Given to the use of the tongue; loquacious.
Narrow :: Narrow (superl.) Formed (as a vowel) by a close position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate; or (according to Bell) by a tense condition of the pharynx; -- distinguished from wide; as e (eve) and / (f/d), etc., from i (ill) and / (f/t), etc. See Guide to Pronunciation, / 13..
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..
Neap :: Neap (n.) The tongue or pole of a cart or other vehicle drawn by two animals.
Vermilinguia :: Vermilinguia (n. pl.) A tribe of Old World lizards which comprises the chameleon. They have long, flexible tongues..
Lick :: Lick (v. t.) To lap; to take in with the tongue; as, a dog or cat licks milk..
Doab :: Doab () A tongue or tract of land included between two rivers; as, the doab between the Ganges and the Jumna..
Tongued :: Tongued (imp. & p. p.) of Tongu.
Glossohyal :: Glossohyal (a.) Pertaining to both the hyoidean arch and the tongue; -- applied to the anterior segment of the hyoidean arch in many fishes. -- n. The glossohyal bone or cartilage; lingual bone; entoglossal bone.
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