an organ situated in the floor of the mouth of most vertebrates and connected with the hyoid arch.-the power of articulate utterance; speech.-discourse; fluency of speech or expression.-honorable discourse; eulogy.-a language; the whole sum of words used by a particular nation; as, the english tongue.-speech; words or declarations only; -- opposed to thoughts or actions.-a people having a distinct language.-the lingual ribbon, or odontophore, of a mollusk.-the proboscis of a moth or a butterfly.-the lingua of an insect.-any small sole.-that which is considered as resembing an animal's tongue, in position or form.-a projection, or slender appendage or fixture; as, the tongue of a buckle, or of a balance.-a projection on the side, as of a board, which fits into a groove.-a point, or long, narrow strip of land, projecting from the mainland into a sea or a lake.-the pole of a vehicle; especially, the pole of an ox cart, to the end of which the oxen are yoked.-the clapper of a bell.-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.-same as reed, n., 5.-to speak; to utter.-to chide; to scold.-to modulate or modify with the tongue, as notes, in playing the flute and some other wind instruments.-to join means of a tongue and grove; as, to tongue boards together.-to talk; to prate.-to use the tongue in forming the notes, as in playing the flute and some other wind instruments.