Definition of tongue

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Tongue (n.) A point, or long, narrow strip of land, projecting from the mainland into a sea or a lake..

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Glossitis :: Glossitis (n.) Inflammation of the tongue.
Lick :: Lick (v.) A quick and careless application of anything, as if by a stroke of the tongue, or of something which acts like a tongue; as, to put on colors with a lick of the brush. Also, a small quantity of any substance so applied..
Guttural :: Guttural (n.) A sound formed in the throat; esp., a sound formed by the aid of the back of the tongue, much retracted, and the soft palate; also, a letter representing such a sound..
Tongue :: Tongue (n.) The lingua of an insect.
Tongue :: Tongue (v. t.) To modulate or modify with the tongue, as notes, in playing the flute and some other wind instruments..
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..
Worrel :: Worrel (n.) An Egyptian fork-tongued lizard, about four feet long when full grown..
Lytta :: Lytta (n.) A fibrous and muscular band lying within the longitudinal axis of the tongue in many mammals, as the dog..
Agrom :: Agrom (n.) A disease occurring in Bengal and other parts of the East Indies, in which the tongue chaps and cleaves..
Linguadental :: Linguadental (n.) An articulation pronounced by the aid or use of the tongue and teeth.
Dialect :: Dialect (n.) Means or mode of expressing thoughts; language; tongue; form of speech.
Betongue :: Betongue (v. t.) To attack with the tongue; to abuse; to insult.
Sea Ginger :: Sea ginger () A hydroid coral of the genus Millepora, especially M. alcicornis, of the West Indies and Florida. So called because it stings the tongue like ginger. See Illust. under Millepore..
Vernacular :: Vernacular (n.) The vernacular language; one's mother tongue; often, the common forms of expression in a particular locality..
Tongued :: Tongued (imp. & p. p.) of Tongu.
Trumpet-tongued :: Trumpet-tongued (a.) Having a powerful, far-reaching voice or speech..
Splotch :: Split-tongued (a.) Having a forked tongue, as that of snakes and some lizards..
Worm :: Worm (n.) To cut the worm, or lytta, from under the tongue of, as a dog, for the purpose of checking a disposition to gnaw. The operation was formerly supposed to guard against canine madness..
Lingual :: Lingual (n.) A consonant sound formed by the aid of the tongue; -- a term especially applied to certain articulations (as those of t, d, th, and n) and to the letters denoting them..
Pentaglot :: Pentaglot (n.) A work in five different tongues.
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