Definition of tongue

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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..

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Linguacious :: Linguacious (a.) Given to the use of the tongue; loquacious.
Tongue-shell :: Tongue-shell (n.) Any species of Lingula.
Blain :: Blain (n.) A bladder growing on the root of the tongue of a horse, against the windpipe, and stopping the breath..
Tongue :: Tongue (v. t.) To chide; to scold.
Glossitis :: Glossitis (n.) Inflammation of the tongue.
Guttural :: Guttural (n.) A sound formed in the throat; esp., a sound formed by the aid of the back of the tongue, much retracted, and the soft palate; also, a letter representing such a sound..
Loll :: Loll (v. i.) To let the tongue hang from the mouth, as an ox, dog, or other animal, when heated by labor; as, the ox stood lolling in the furrow..
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..
Glossal :: Glossal (a.) Of or pertaining to the tongue; lingual.
Tongue :: Tongue (n.) The power of articulate utterance; speech.
Trumpet-tongued :: Trumpet-tongued (a.) Having a powerful, far-reaching voice or speech..
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..
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..
Clapperclaw :: Clapperclaw (v. t.) To abuse with the tongue; to revile; to scold.
Tongue :: Tongue (n.) The lingual ribbon, or odontophore, of a mollusk..
Sadda :: Sadda (n.) A work in the Persian tongue, being a summary of the Zend-Avesta, or sacred books..
Basihyoid :: Basihyoid (n.) The central tongue bone.
Tongue :: Tongue (n.) an organ situated in the floor of the mouth of most vertebrates and connected with the hyoid arch.
Long-tongued :: Long-tongued (a.) Having a long tongue.
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..
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