Definitions for "Tongue"
a manner of speaking; "he spoke with a thick tongue"; "she has a glib tongue"
The top tenon of a spoke which fits into the felloe (q.v.) mortice. Tongues may be round, square or tapered.
One or more horizontal projections of varying or even size either triangular, or straight-sided with rounded or squared ends, and extending from the fly of a flag - tails (see also ‘ fly 1)', ' gonfalon', ‘ gonfanon', ' multi-tailed', ‘ pallia', ‘ palm', ‘ schwenkel', ' square-tongued', ‘ stepped fly', ‘ swallow-tail(ed)' and ‘ swallowtail and tongue').
Keywords:  chew, muscular, lingual, taste, prey
an organ situated in the floor of the mouth of most vertebrates and connected with the hyoid arch.
The lingual ribbon, or odontophore, of a mollusk.
(1) The fleshy, moveable, muscular organ attached to the floor of the mouth; (2) or the barking or baying of hounds on the trail, as to give tongue, to open or speak.
Keywords:  vamp, shoe, laces, flap, throat
the flap of material under the laces of a shoe or boot. stiletto
A strip of leather or other material, sewn into the vamp of a laced shoe and extending to the throat of the shoe.
A piece of leather or rubber that lies under the laces of a laced shoe and is attached to the shoe's throat.
The proboscis of a moth or a butterfly.
A projection, or slender appendage or fixture; as, the tongue of a buckle, or of a balance.
A projection on the side, as of a board, which fits into a groove.
Keywords:  juts, glacier, strip, ahdos, narrow
A point, or long, narrow strip of land, projecting from the mainland into a sea or a lake.
A long narrow strip of land, projecting into a body of water.
a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea
A stream of fast water usually compressed between two obstructions forming a downstream `V'.
The smooth "v" of fast water found at the head of rapids.
a smooth V-shaped runway of water that usually offers the cleanest, most deep-water line through a rapid
Keywords:  coupler, trailer, pintle, tractor, hook
The part of the trailer which extends forward from the trailer box and includes the coupler.
See Coupler
A long beam attached to a trailer that connects to a pintle hook on a tractor or other trailer.
Keywords:  scold, chide
To chide; to scold.
To modulate or modify with the tongue, as notes, in playing the flute and some other wind instruments.
To use the tongue in forming the notes, as in playing the flute and some other wind instruments.
articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments
Tongues (fr. langues) were the geographic-cultural subgroupings of the members of the Knights of Rhodes/Maltese Knights from the 14th to the 18th century. Functinally they corresponded roughly to the Provinces of other religious orders.
Keywords:  wiggly, viper, pierced, poke, sharper
The wiggly thing in your mouth, made of muscle, that moves food around when you eat. If you can poke your tongue out of your mouth and hold it between your thumb and finger then it is long enough to be pierced.
"This is one of the most popular piercings as it has shock value, fairly pain free to pierce and very fast healing. Initial healing requires a longer barbell to accommodate the swelling during the first week; after the piercing has healed a comfortable fitting barbell is worn. Starting at 14ga is the most popular size for a tongue, however thicker gauges can be pierced or the piercing stretched up a gauge at a time. The tip of the tongue heals quicker, but is a sharper piercing in comparison to the standard placement. Most people can support multiple tongue piercings, the longer your tongue the more room there is. See also Viper Bite."
an oral piercing through the tongue, usually vertically from top to bottom.
Keywords:  backstays, meat, spliced, clamp, beef
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.
the tongue of certain animals used as meat
A variety of meat, rarely served because it clearly crosses the line between a cut of beef and a piece of dead cow.
Keywords:  holy, spirit, jesus, familiar, father
a gift of God's Holy Spirit
a primary way to express inner spiritual feelings and emotions which one cannot put into familiar words, but which the Holy Spirit understands, interprets, and conveys to Jesus and the Father ( Rom
That portion of die cap metal surrounded by the aperture except at one end which is termed the base of the tongue.
An area of a die surrounded on three sides by the extrusion aperture.
Keywords:  bell, clapper, striker, hangs, hitting
The clapper of a bell.
metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side
Keywords:  prate, terrible, talk, waste, thing
To talk; to prate.
a terrible thing to waste on just talking
Keywords:  lingua, insect
The lingua of an insect.
any long thin projection that is transient; "tongues of flame licked at the walls"; "rifles exploded quick knives of fire into the dark"
lick or explore with the tongue
In oceanography, a three-dimensional, tonguelike intrusion of finite extent in the along- front direction. See interleaving.
Keywords:  oxen, yoked, cart, pole, vehicle
The pole of a vehicle; especially, the pole of an ox cart, to the end of which the oxen are yoked.
Keywords:  proclaims, hound, fox, voice, watch
Watch it, now! A hound "gives tongue" when he proclaims with his voice that he is on the line of a fox.
Keywords:  ninth, album, sixth, studio, monster
"Tongue" was the sixth and final single to be released by R.E.M. from the band's ninth studio album Monster. It was only released in the UK.
That which is considered as resembing an animal's tongue, in position or form.
Keywords:  grove, join, boards, together, means
To join means of a tongue and grove; as, to tongue boards together.
Keywords:  hitch, towed, frame, coming, portion
On a towed unit, the portion of the frame coming to a point at the hitch.
A language; the whole sum of words used by a particular nation; as, the English tongue.
A people having a distinct language.
a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language
Keywords:  bolt, see
See Bolt.
Keywords:  reed
Same as Reed, n., 5.
Keywords:  sole, small
Any small sole.
Keywords:  intercourse, oral, perform
TO PERFORM ORAL INTERCOURSE