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Tongue :: Tongue (v. i.) To talk; to prate.

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

Fourchette :: Fourchette (n.) An instrument used to raise and support the tongue during the cutting of the fraenum.

Tongue :: Tongue (v. i.) To use the tongue in forming the notes, as in playing the flute and some other wind instruments..

Tongue :: Tongue (n.) Same as Reed, n., 5..

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

Long-tongued :: Long-tongued (a.) Having a long tongue.

Macroglossia :: Macroglossia (n.) Enlargement or hypertrophy of the tongue.

Tongue :: Tongue (v. t.) To speak; to utter.

Double-tongued :: Double-tongued (a.) Making contrary declarations on the same subject; deceitful.

Papilla :: Papilla (n.) Any minute nipplelike projection; as, the papillae of the tongue..

Tongue-tie :: Tongue-tie (v. t.) To deprive of speech or the power of speech, or of distinct articulation..

Glossopharyngeal :: Glossopharyngeal (a.) Pertaining to both the tongue and the pharynx; -- applied especially to the ninth pair of cranial nerves, which are distributed to the pharynx and tongue. -- n. One of the glossopharyngeal nerves..

Hyoid :: Hyoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the bony or cartilaginous arch which supports the tongue. Sometimes applied to the tongue itself.

Fissilingual :: Fissilingual (a.) Having the tongue forked.

Glossa :: Glossa (n.) The tongue, or lingua, of an insect. See Hymenoptera..

Lytta :: Lytta (n.) A fibrous and muscular band lying within the longitudinal axis of the tongue in many mammals, as the dog..

Anthropoglot :: Anthropoglot (n.) An animal which has a tongue resembling that of man, as the parrot..

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..

Ligula :: Ligula (n.) A tongue-shaped lobe of the parapodia of annelids. See Parapodium.

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