Definition of tongue

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

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Lap :: Lap (n.) The act of lapping with, or as with, the tongue; as, to take anything into the mouth with a lap..
Fourchette :: Fourchette (n.) An instrument used to raise and support the tongue during the cutting of the fraenum.
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..
Betongue :: Betongue (v. t.) To attack with the tongue; to abuse; to insult.
Seraphine :: Seraphine (n.) A wind instrument whose sounding parts are reeds, consisting of a thin tongue of brass playing freely through a slot in a plate. It has a case, like a piano, and is played by means of a similar keybord, the bellows being worked by the foot. The melodeon is a portable variety of this instrument..
Futchel :: Futchel (n.) The jaws between which the hinder end of a carriage tongue is inserted.
Glossitis :: Glossitis (n.) Inflammation of the tongue.
Lap :: Lap (v. i.) To make a sound like that produced by taking up drink with the tongue.
Trumpet-tongued :: Trumpet-tongued (a.) Having a powerful, far-reaching voice or speech..
Tongueworm :: Tongueworm (n.) Any species of Linguatulina.
Tonguebird :: Tonguebird (n.) The wryneck.
Linctus :: Linctus (n.) Medicine taken by licking with the tongue.
Shaft :: Shaft (n.) The pole, or tongue, of a vehicle; also, a thill..
Lick :: Lick (v. t.) To lap; to take in with the tongue; as, a dog or cat licks milk..
Flippant :: Flippant (a.) Of smooth, fluent, and rapid speech; speaking with ease and rapidity; having a voluble tongue; talkative..
Clapperclaw :: Clapperclaw (v. t.) To abuse with the tongue; to revile; to scold.
Hiss :: Hiss (v. i.) To make with the mouth a prolonged sound like that of the letter s, by driving the breath between the tongue and the teeth; to make with the mouth a sound like that made by a goose or a snake when angered; esp., to make such a sound as an expression of hatred, passion, or disapproval..
Tongue :: Tongue (n.) The power of articulate utterance; speech.
Glossa :: Glossa (n.) The tongue, or lingua, of an insect. See Hymenoptera..
Tongue-tie :: Tongue-tie (n.) Impeded motion of the tongue because of the shortness of the fraenum, or of the adhesion of its margins to the gums..
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