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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Hart-tongue :: Hart-tongue (n.) A West Indian fern, the Polypodium Phyllitidis of Linnaeus. It is also found in Florida..
Low :: Low (superl.) Made, as a vowel, with a low position of part of the tongue in relation to the palate; as, / (/m), / (all). See Guide to Pronunciation, // 5, 10, 11..
Fur :: Fur (n.) A coat of morbid matter collected on the tongue in persons affected with fever.
Burr :: Burr (n.) A guttural pronounciation of the letter r, produced by trilling the extremity of the soft palate against the back part of the tongue; rotacism; -- often called the Newcastle, Northumberland, or Tweedside, burr..
Glossohyal :: Glossohyal (a.) Pertaining to both the hyoidean arch and the tongue; -- applied to the anterior segment of the hyoidean arch in many fishes. -- n. The glossohyal bone or cartilage; lingual bone; entoglossal bone.
Clapperclaw :: Clapperclaw (v. t.) To abuse with the tongue; to revile; to scold.
Lick :: Lick (v.) A stroke of the tongue in licking.
Neat :: Neat (n. sing. & pl.) Cattle of the genus Bos, as distinguished from horses, sheep, and goats; an animal of the genus Bos; as, a neat's tongue; a neat's foot..
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..
Bilinguous :: Bilinguous (a.) Having two tongues, or speaking two languages..
Elinguid :: Elinguid (a.) Tongue-tied; dumb.
Tongue :: Tongue (v. t.) To chide; to scold.
Sordes :: Sordes (n.) Foul matter; excretion; dregs; filthy, useless, or rejected matter of any kind; specifically (Med.), the foul matter that collects on the teeth and tongue in low fevers and other conditions attended with great vital depression..
Tongue-tied :: Tongue-tied (a.) Unable to speak freely, from whatever cause..
Fourchette :: Fourchette (n.) An instrument used to raise and support the tongue during the cutting of the fraenum.
Hyoglossus :: Hyoglossus (n.) A flat muscle on either side of the tongue, connecting it with the hyoid bone..
Titter :: Titter (v. t.) To laugh with the tongue striking against the root of the upper teeth; to laugh with restraint, or without much noise; to giggle..
Untongue :: Untongue (v. t.) To deprive of a tongue, or of voice..
Lick :: Lick (v. t.) To lap; to take in with the tongue; as, a dog or cat licks milk..
Clapper :: Clapper (n.) That which strikes or claps, as the tongue of a bell, or the piece of wood that strikes a mill hopper, etc. See Illust. of Bell..
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