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The central process, or front edge, of the labium of insects. It sometimes serves as a tongue or proboscis, as in bees. [See Illust. under Labium, and Hymenoptera.]

A restriction; a check; a curb; a hindrance. I prithee, give no limits to my tongue. Shak.

Medicine taken by licking with the tongue.

A little tongue or thong of leather; a lacing for belts. Crabb.

A tongue.

Given to the use of the tongue; loquacious. [Obs.]

Formed or uttered by the joint use of the tongue and teeth, or rather that part of the gum just above the front teeth; dentolingual, as the letters d and t.

Of or pertaining to the tongue; uttered by the aid of the tongue; glossal; as, the lingual nerves; a lingual letter. Lingual ribbon. (Zoöl.) See Odontophore.

Having the form of the tongue; tongue-shaped.

A tonguelike process or part.

Shaped like the tongue or a strap; ligulate.

To speak hesitatingly with a low voice, as if afraid. Lest when my lisping, guilty tongue should halt. Drayton.

A kind of medicine to be taken by licking with the tongue; a lambative; a lincture.

To hand extended from the mouth, as the tongue of an ox or a log when heated with labor or exertion. The triple porter of the Stygian seat, With lolling tongue, lay fawning at thy feet. Dryden .

Any one numerous species of small brush-tongued parrots or lories, found mostly in Australia, New Guinea and the adjacent islands, with some forms in the East Indies. They are arboreal in their habits and feed largely upon the honey of flowers. They belong to Trichoglossus, Loriculus, and several allied genera.…

y one of many species of small parrots of the family Trichoglossidæ, generally having the tongue papillose at the tip, and the mandibles straighter and less toothed than in common parrots. They are found in the East Indies, Australia, New Guinea, and the adjacent islands. They feed mostly on soft fruits and on the hone…

Made, as a vowel, with a low position of part of the tongue in relation to the palate; as, . See Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 5, 10, 11.

A fibrous and muscular band lying within the longitudinal axis of the tongue in many mammals, as the dog.

Enlargement or hypertrophy of the tongue.

recation; a curse or execration; -- opposed to benediction. No malediction falls from his tongue. Longfellow.