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The opening through which an animal receives food; the
aperture between the jaws or between the lips; also, the cavity,
containing the tongue and teeth, between the lips and the pharynx; the
buccal cavity. |
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An opening affording entrance or exit; orifice; aperture; |
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The opening of a vessel by which it is filled or emptied,
charged or discharged; as, the mouth of a jar or pitcher; the mouth of
the lacteal vessels, etc. |
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The opening or entrance of any cavity, as a cave, pit, well,
or den. |
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The opening of a piece of ordnance, through which it is
discharged. |
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The opening through which the waters of a river or any
stream are discharged. |
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The entrance into a harbor. |
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The crosspiece of a bridle bit, which enters the mouth of an
animal. |
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A principal speaker; one who utters the common opinion; a
mouthpiece. |
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Cry; voice. |
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Speech; language; testimony. |
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A wry face; a grimace; a mow. |
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To take into the mouth; to seize or grind with the mouth
or teeth; to chew; to devour. |
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To utter with a voice affectedly big or swelling; to
speak in a strained or unnaturally sonorous manner. |
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To form or cleanse with the mouth; to lick, as a bear her
cub. |
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To make mouths at. |
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To speak with a full, round, or loud, affected voice; to
vociferate; to rant. |
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To put mouth to mouth; to kiss. |
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To make grimaces, esp. in ridicule or contempt. |