mouth honor (mouth on"or)

Respect or deference expre ed without sincerity. Curses, not loud but deep, mouth - honour , breath. Shak ., Macbeth, v. 3. 27. mouthing (mou' Thing), n. [Verbal n. of mouth , v.] Rant. These threats were the merest mouthing , and Judas knew it very well. The Century , XXXVIII. 895. mouthing (mou'Thing), p . a. Ranting. Akenside is respectable, because he really had something new to say, in spite his pompous, mouthing way saying it. Lowell , Study Windows, p. 180. n. mouthing-machine (mou'thing-ma-shēn"), In sheet-metal working, a swaging-machine for striking up the mouths or tops of open-top tin cans, to receive the covers, and also for crimping the bottoms of the cans. mouthle (mouth'les), a. [ matous. II. in trans. 1. To speak with a full, round, or loud voice; speak affectedly; vociferate; rant: as, a mouthing actor. IMG:content-1031.jpg:[blocks in formation] Riotous madne , To be entangled with those mouth - made vows, Which break themselves in swearing! Shak., A. and C., i. 3. 30. mouth-organ (mouth'ôr" gan), n . 1. Pan's- I'll bellow out for Rome and for my country, And mouth at Cæsar till I shake the senate. Add is on, Cato, i. 3. 2. To join mouths; ki . [Rare.] He would mouth with a beggar, though she smelt brown bread and garlick. Shak ., M. for M., iii. 2. 194. 3. To make a mouth; make a wry face; gri- mace. Well I know when I am gone How she mouths behind my back. Tennyson, Vision of Sin, iv. mouthable (mou'тна-bl), a . [ mouth + -able .] That can be readily or fluently uttered; sounding well. And other good mouthable lines. O. W. Holmes, The Atlantic, LIX. 640.