Definition of tongue

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Tongue (n.) That which is considered as resembing an animal's tongue, in position or form..

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Long-tongue :: Long-tongue (n.) The wryneck.
Tongue :: Tongue (n.) The pole of a vehicle; especially, the pole of an ox cart, to the end of which the oxen are yoked..
Tongueless :: Tongueless (a.) Unnamed; not spoken of.
Clapper :: Clapper (n.) That which strikes or claps, as the tongue of a bell, or the piece of wood that strikes a mill hopper, etc. See Illust. of Bell..
Seraphine :: Seraphine (n.) A wind instrument whose sounding parts are reeds, consisting of a thin tongue of brass playing freely through a slot in a plate. It has a case, like a piano, and is played by means of a similar keybord, the bellows being worked by the foot. The melodeon is a portable variety of this instrument..
Adder's-tongue :: Adder's-tongue (n.) A genus of ferns (Ophioglossum), whose seeds are produced on a spike resembling a serpent's tongue..
Worm :: Worm (n.) A certain muscular band in the tongue of some animals, as the dog; the lytta. See Lytta..
Tongue :: Tongue (n.) The lingua of an insect.
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..
Bugloss :: Bugloss (n.) A plant of the genus Anchusa, and especially the A. officinalis, sometimes called alkanet; oxtongue..
Snake''s-tongue :: Snake's-tongue (n.) Same as Adder's-tongue.
Linguacious :: Linguacious (a.) Given to the use of the tongue; loquacious.
Elinguid :: Elinguid (a.) Tongue-tied; dumb.
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..
Tongue :: Tongue (n.) Discourse; fluency of speech or expression.
Hart-tongue :: Hart-tongue (n.) A common British fern (Scolopendrium vulgare), rare in America..
Bilinguous :: Bilinguous (a.) Having two tongues, or speaking two languages..
Voluble :: Voluble (a.) Moving with ease and smoothness in uttering words; of rapid speech; nimble in speaking; glib; as, a flippant, voluble, tongue..
Serpent-tongued :: Serpent-tongued (a.) Having a forked tongue, like a serpent..
Licking :: Licking (n.) A lapping with the tongue.
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