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Quote:Men are born with two eyes, but only one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they say.[Charles Caleb Colton]

Quote:The first thing I do in the morning is brush my teeth and sharpen my tongue.[Dorothy Parker]

Quote:We cannot control the evil tongues of others; but a good life enables us to disregard them. [Cato the Elder]

Quote:For God hates utterly<br>The bray of bragging tongues. [Sophocles]



Definitions of: tongue

Definition: an organ situated in the floor of the mouth of most vertebrates and connected with the hyoid arch.

Definition: The power of articulate utterance; speech.

Definition: Discourse; fluency of speech or expression.

Definition: Honorable discourse; eulogy.

Definition: A language; the whole sum of words used by a particular nation; as, the English tongue.

Definition: Speech; words or declarations only; -- opposed to thoughts or actions.

Definition: A people having a distinct language.

Definition: The lingual ribbon, or odontophore, of a mollusk.

Definition: The proboscis of a moth or a butterfly.

Definition: The lingua of an insect.

Definition: Any small sole.

Definition: That which is considered as resembing an animal's tongue, in position or form.

Definition: A projection, or slender appendage or fixture; as, the tongue of a buckle, or of a balance.

Definition: A projection on the side, as of a board, which fits into a groove.

Definition: A point, or long, narrow strip of land, projecting from the mainland into a sea or a lake.

Definition: The pole of a vehicle; especially, the pole of an ox cart, to the end of which the oxen are yoked.

Definition: The clapper of a bell.

Definition: 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.

Definition: Same as Reed, n., 5.

Definition: To talk; to prate.

Definition: To use the tongue in forming the notes, as in playing the flute and some other wind instruments.

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