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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..

Sordes :: Sordes (n.) Foul matter; excretion; dregs; filthy, useless, or rejected matter of any kind; specifically (Med.), the foul matter that collects on the teeth and tongue in low fevers and other conditions attended with great vital depression..

Tongue-tie :: Tongue-tie (n.) Impeded motion of the tongue because of the shortness of the fraenum, or of the adhesion of its margins to the gums..

Unwormed :: Unwormed (a.) Not wormed; not having had the worm, or lytta, under the tongue cut out; -- said of a dog..

Lingula :: Lingula (n.) A tonguelike process or part.

Shaft :: Shaft (n.) The pole, or tongue, of a vehicle; also, a thill..

Pteroglossal :: Pteroglossal (a.) Having the tongue finely notched along the sides, so as to have a featherlike appearance, as the toucans..

Lap :: Lap (v. i.) To take up drink or food with the tongue; to drink or feed by licking up something.

Tongued :: Tongued (imp. & p. p.) of Tongu.

Stopcock :: Stop (n.) Some part of the articulating organs, as the lips, or the tongue and palate, closed (a) so as to cut off the passage of breath or voice through the mouth and the nose (distinguished as a lip-stop, or a front-stop, etc., as in p, t, d, etc.), or (b) so as to obstruct, but not entirely cut off, the passage, as in l, n, etc.; also, any of the consonants so formed..

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

Aglossal :: Aglossal (a.) Without tongue; tongueless.

Vernacular :: Vernacular (n.) The vernacular language; one's mother tongue; often, the common forms of expression in a particular locality..

Low :: Low (superl.) Made, as a vowel, with a low position of part of the tongue in relation to the palate; as, / (/m), / (all). See Guide to Pronunciation, // 5, 10, 11..

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

Bilinguous :: Bilinguous (a.) Having two tongues, or speaking two languages..

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..

Agile :: Agile (a.) Having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move; nimble; active; as, an agile boy; an agile tongue..

Hiss :: Hiss (n.) A prolonged sound like that letter s, made by forcing out the breath between the tongue and teeth, esp. as a token of disapprobation or contempt..

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..

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