Definition of tongue

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Tongue (n.) A projection, or slender appendage or fixture; as, the tongue of a buckle, or of a balance..

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Long-tongue :: Long-tongue (n.) The wryneck.
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..
Sublingual :: Sublingua (n.) A process or fold below the tongue in some animals.
Inflamed :: Inflamed (p. a.) Represented as burning, or as adorned with tongues of flame..
Tongue :: Tongue (n.) Same as Reed, n., 5..
Tongue :: Tongue (v. t.) To chide; to scold.
Barbel :: Barbel (n.) Barbs or paps under the tongued of horses and cattle. See 1st Barb, 3..
Radula :: Radula (n.) The chitinous ribbon bearing the teeth of mollusks; -- called also lingual ribbon, and tongue. See Odontophore..
Sadda :: Sadda (n.) A work in the Persian tongue, being a summary of the Zend-Avesta, or sacred books..
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..
Tonguelet :: Tonguelet (n.) A little tongue.
Tongue :: Tongue (n.) The power of articulate utterance; speech.
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..
Agrom :: Agrom (n.) A disease occurring in Bengal and other parts of the East Indies, in which the tongue chaps and cleaves..
Tongue :: Tongue (n.) The clapper of a bell.
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..
Blain :: Blain (n.) A bladder growing on the root of the tongue of a horse, against the windpipe, and stopping the breath..
Neat :: Neat (n. sing. & pl.) Cattle of the genus Bos, as distinguished from horses, sheep, and goats; an animal of the genus Bos; as, a neat's tongue; a neat's foot..
Shaft :: Shaft (n.) The pole, or tongue, of a vehicle; also, a thill..
Lambative :: Lambative (a.) Taken by licking with the tongue.
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