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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Loch :: Loch (n.) A kind of medicine to be taken by licking with the tongue; a lambative; a lincture.
Two-tongued :: Two-tongued (a.) Double-tongued; deceitful.
Tongueworm :: Tongueworm (n.) Any species of Linguatulina.
Lick :: Lick (v. t.) To lap; to take in with the tongue; as, a dog or cat licks milk..
Worm :: Worm (n.) A certain muscular band in the tongue of some animals, as the dog; the lytta. See Lytta..
Anchor :: Anchor (n.) Carved work, somewhat resembling an anchor or arrowhead; -- a part of the ornaments of certain moldings. It is seen in the echinus, or egg-and-anchor (called also egg-and-dart, egg-and-tongue) ornament..
Loll :: Loll (v. i.) To hand extended from the mouth, as the tongue of an ox or a log when heated with labor or exertion..
Glossal :: Glossal (a.) Of or pertaining to the tongue; lingual.
Clack :: Clack (n.) To utter words rapidly and continually, or with abruptness; to let the tongue run..
Straight-lined :: Straight-joint (a.) In the United States, applied to planking or flooring put together without the tongue and groove, the pieces being laid edge to edge..
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..
Licking :: Licking (n.) A lapping with the tongue.
Tongue :: Tongue (n.) A people having a distinct language.
Sneezing :: Sneezing (n.) The act of violently forcing air out through the nasal passages while the cavity of the mouth is shut off from the pharynx by the approximation of the soft palate and the base of the tongue.
Stylograph :: Styloglossal (a.) Of or pertaining to styloid process and the tongue.
Elinguation :: Elinguation (n.) Punishment by cutting out the tongue.
Languet :: Languet (n.) Anything resembling the tongue in form or office; specif., the slip of metal in an organ pipe which turns the current of air toward its mouth..
Dorsal :: Dorsal (a.) Pertaining to, or situated near, the back, or dorsum, of an animal or of one of its parts; notal; tergal; neural; as, the dorsal fin of a fish; the dorsal artery of the tongue; -- opposed to ventral..
Clapperclaw :: Clapperclaw (v. t.) To abuse with the tongue; to revile; to scold.
Pteroglossal :: Pteroglossal (a.) Having the tongue finely notched along the sides, so as to have a featherlike appearance, as the toucans..
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