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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Clack :: Clack (n.) To utter words rapidly and continually, or with abruptness; to let the tongue run..
Lingua :: Lingua (n.) A median process of the labium, at the under side of the mouth in insects, and serving as a tongue..
Shaft :: Shaft (n.) The pole, or tongue, of a vehicle; also, a thill..
Corn :: Corn (v. t.) To preserve and season with salt in grains; to sprinkle with salt; to cure by salting; now, specifically, to salt slightly in brine or otherwise; as, to corn beef; to corn a tongue..
Bird''s-tongue :: Bird's-tongue (n.) The knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare).
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..
Untongue :: Untongue (v. t.) To deprive of a tongue, or of voice..
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..
Tongue :: Tongue (n.) an organ situated in the floor of the mouth of most vertebrates and connected with the hyoid arch.
Latinity :: Latinity (n.) The Latin tongue, style, or idiom, or the use thereof; specifically, purity of Latin style or idiom..
Tonguefish :: Tonguefish (n.) A flounder (Symphurus plagiusa) native of the southern coast of the United States.
Splotch :: Split-tongued (a.) Having a forked tongue, as that of snakes and some lizards..
Gustatory :: Gustatory (a.) Pertaining to, or subservient to, the sense of taste; as, the gustatory nerve which supplies the front of the tongue..
Elinguation :: Elinguation (n.) Punishment by cutting out the tongue.
Neap :: Neap (n.) The tongue or pole of a cart or other vehicle drawn by two animals.
Anchored :: Anchored (a.) Held by an anchor; at anchor; held safely; as, an anchored bark; also, shaped like an anchor; forked; as, an anchored tongue..
Tongue :: Tongue (n.) Any small sole.
Pip :: Pip (n.) A contagious disease of fowls, characterized by hoarseness, discharge from the nostrils and eyes, and an accumulation of mucus in the mouth, forming a scale on the tongue. By some the term pip is restricted to this last symptom, the disease being called roup by them..
Lorikeet :: Lorikeet (n.) Any one numerous species of small brush-tongued parrots or lories, found mostly in Australia, New Guinea and the adjacent islands, with some forms in the East Indies. They are arboreal in their habits and feed largely upon the honey of flowers. They belong to Trichoglossus, Loriculus, and several allied genera..
Macroglossia :: Macroglossia (n.) Enlargement or hypertrophy of the tongue.
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