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an organ situated in the floor of the mouth of most
vertebrates and connected with the hyoid arch. |
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The power of articulate utterance; speech. |
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Discourse; fluency of speech or expression. |
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Honorable discourse; eulogy. |
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A language; the whole sum of words used by a particular
nation; as, the English tongue. |
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Speech; words or declarations only; -- opposed to thoughts
or actions. |
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A people having a distinct language. |
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The lingual ribbon, or odontophore, of a mollusk. |
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The proboscis of a moth or a butterfly. |
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The lingua of an insect. |
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Any small sole. |
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That which is considered as resembing an animal's tongue,
in position or form. |
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A projection, or slender appendage or fixture; as, the
tongue of a buckle, or of a balance. |
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A projection on the side, as of a board, which fits into a
groove. |
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A point, or long, narrow strip of land, projecting from the
mainland into a sea or a lake. |
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The pole of a vehicle; especially, the pole of an ox cart,
to the end of which the oxen are yoked. |
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The clapper of a bell. |
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A short piece of rope spliced into the upper part of
standing backstays, etc.; also. the upper main piece of a mast composed
of several pieces. |
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Same as Reed, n., 5. |
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To speak; to utter. |
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To chide; to scold. |
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To modulate or modify with the tongue, as notes, in
playing the flute and some other wind instruments. |
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To join means of a tongue and grove; as, to tongue
boards together. |
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To talk; to prate. |
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To use the tongue in forming the notes, as in playing
the flute and some other wind instruments. |