Tongue

tung, n. (Anat.) A muscular organ, attached bv one end to the floor of the mouth, serving as the instrument of taste and deglutition, and in man' of articulation also. Speech; discourse; fluency of speech; manner of speaking; power of articulate a utterance; a language; words or declarations only; a nation, as disting. by language; that which is considered as resembling an animal's tongue, in posito tion or form, as, the tongue of a buckle, a tongue of land, etc. — v. t. [tongued (tungd), tonguing.] of (Mus.) To modulate or modify (notes) with the tongue, in playing the flute, etc.; to join by means of a tongue and groove. — v. i. (Miis.) To use the and tongue in forming the notes, as in playing the flute; end, eve, term; In, Ice; 5dd, tone, 6r; 455 TONIC and some other wind instruments. — To hold the tongue. To be silent, keep one's peace. — Tongued, tiingd, a. Having a tongue. - Tonguele , a. Having no tongue; speechle ; mute. — Tongue'-tied, -tld, a. Destitute of the power of distinct articulation; having an impediment in the speech; unable to speak freely, from whatever cause. Tonic. Seejinder Tone. To-night, too-nif, n. The present night, night after the present day. — adv. On this night. Tonnage. See under Ton. 467