6. Speech; words or declarations only; — opposed to thoughts or actions. My little children, let us love in word, neither in tongue, but in deed and in truth. 1 John iii. 18.
7. A people having a distinct language. A will gather all nations and tongues. Isa. lxvi. 18.
8. (Zoöl.) (a) The lingual ribbon, or odontophore, of a mollusk. (b) The proboscis of a moth or a butterfly. (c) The lingua of an insect.
9. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any small sole.
10. That which is considered as resembing an animal's tongue, in position or form. Specifically: — (a) A projection, or slender appendage or fixture; as, the tongue of a buckle, or of a balance.
(b) A projection on the side, as of a board, which fits into a groove. (c) A point, or long, narrow strip of land, projecting from the mainland into a sea or a lake. (d) The pole of a vehicle; especially, the pole of an ox cart, to the end of which the oxen are yoked. (e) The clapper of a bell. (f) (Naut.) A sort piece of rope spliced into the upper part of standing backstays, etc.; also. the upper main piece of a mast composed of several pieces. (g) (Mus.) Same as Reed, n., 5. To hold the tongue, to be silent. — Tongue bone (Anat.), the hyoid bone. — Tongue grafting. See under Grafting.
Syn.
— Language; speech; expression. See Language.
TONGUE
Tongue, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tongued; p. pr. & vb. n. Tonguing.]
1. To speak; to utter. "Such stuff as madmen tongue." Shak.