tongue tie

t. To deprive of speech or the power of speech, or of distinct articulation. "That extreme modesty and bashfulne which ord i narily tongue-ties us all in good company." - Goodman: Winter Evening Conference, pt. i. tongue-tied, *tongue-tacked, a . 1. Lit. & Pathol .: Having the anterior part of the tongue attached to the floor of the mouth by the frænum linguæ . "If an infant cannot suck, it must not be forgotten that the reason may be that it is tongue-tied."- Butlin : Diseases of the Tongue , p. 22. 2. Fig .: Unable to speak freely from any cause; silenced. (Shakesp.: Sonnet 66.) *tongue-valiant, a. Valiant or bold in speech or words only; brave in words, not in action. IMG:content-1211.png:[blocks in formation] *1. Ord. Lang.: To talk, to prate. "Let his elack be set a-going, and he shall tongue it as impetuously as the arrant est hero of the play."-Dryden: Grounds of Criticism. 2. Music: To use the tongue for the purpose of modifying sounds in playing the flute and some other wind instruments. [DOUBLE-TONGUING.] tongued, a. [Eng. tongu (e), s.; -ed.] Having a tongue. (Usually in composition, or qualified by an epithet.) "Fame was a liar, too long and loud tongued." Beaum. & Flet.: Loyal Subject, iv. 3.