Definition of tongue

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Tongue (n.) Speech; words or declarations only; -- opposed to thoughts or actions.

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Oracular :: Oracular (a.) Of or pertaining to an oracle; uttering oracles; forecasting the future; as, an oracular tongue..
Lap :: Lap (n.) The act of lapping with, or as with, the tongue; as, to take anything into the mouth with a lap..
Glib :: Glib (superl.) Speaking or spoken smoothly and with flippant rapidity; fluent; voluble; as, a glib tongue; a glib speech..
Tongue :: Tongue (n.) A projection, or slender appendage or fixture; as, the tongue of a buckle, or of a balance..
Macroglossia :: Macroglossia (n.) Enlargement or hypertrophy of the tongue.
Tongue :: Tongue (n.) The proboscis of a moth or a butterfly.
Double-tonguing :: Double-tonguing (n.) A peculiar action of the tongue by flute players in articulating staccato notes; also, the rapid repetition of notes in cornet playing..
Subglottic :: Subglossal (a.) Situated under the tongue; sublingual.
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..
Anglo-saxonism :: Anglo-Saxonism (n.) A characteristic of the Anglo-Saxon race; especially, a word or an idiom of the Anglo-Saxon tongue..
Smooth-tongued :: Smooth-tongued (a.) Having a smooth tongue; plausible; flattering.
Ranine :: Ranine (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a swelling under the tongue; also, pertaining to the region where the swelling occurs; -- applied especially to branches of the lingual artery and lingual vein..
Tonge :: Tonge (n.) Tongue.
Elinguation :: Elinguation (n.) Punishment by cutting out the tongue.
Pleasant-tongued :: Pleasant-tongued (a.) Of pleasing speech.
Fissilingual :: Fissilingual (a.) Having the tongue forked.
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..
Tongued :: Tongued (imp. & p. p.) of Tongu.
Glossitis :: Glossitis (n.) Inflammation of the tongue.
Lambative :: Lambative (n.) A medicine taken by licking with the tongue; a lincture.
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