Definition of tongue. Meaning of tongue. Synonyms of tongue
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Tongue Tongue Tongue, v. i.
1. To talk; to prate. --Dryden.
2. (Mus.) To use the tongue in forming the notes, as in
playing the flute and some other wind instruments.
Tongue Tongue Tongue, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tongued; p. pr. & vb. n.
Tonguing.]
1. To speak; to utter. ``Such stuff as madmen tongue.'
--Shak.
2. To chide; to scold.
How might she tongue me. --Shak.
3. (Mus.) To modulate or modify with the tongue, as notes, in
playing the flute and some other wind instruments.
4. To join means of a tongue and grove; as, to tongue boards
together.
tongue Radula Rad"u*la, n.; pl. Radul[ae]. [L., a scraper, fr.
radere to scrape.] (Zo["o]l.)
The chitinous ribbon bearing the teeth of mollusks; -- called
also lingual ribbon, and tongue. See Odontophore.
