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A little towel, or small cloth, esp. one for wiping the fingers and mouth at table.

or proper nostrils, and the posterior nares, the openings of the nasal cavities into the mouth or pharynx.

An elementary sound which is uttered through the nose, or through both the nose and the mouth simultaneously.

Connected with both the nose and the mouth; as, the nasobuccal groove in the skate.

the head; as, the embryonic nasofrontal process which forms the anterior boundary of the mouth.

with both the nose and the palate; as, the nasopalatine or incisor, canal connecting the mouth and the nasal chamber in some animals; the nasopalatine nerve.

, furl, sir, her, etc.; -- so called as being uttered in the easiest open position of the mouth organs. See Neutral vowel, under Neutral and Guide to Pronunciation, § 17.

The nose; the snout; the mouth; the beak of a bird; a nib, as of a pen. [Also written nib.] Shak.

An order of hexapod insects having two pairs of large, membranous, net-veined wings. The mouth organs are adapted for chewing. They feed upon other insects, and undergo a complete metamorphosis. The ant-lion, hellgamite, and lacewing fly are examples. Formerly, the name was given to a much more extensive group, includi…

To bite by little at a time; to seize gently with the mouth; to eat slowly or in small bits. Thy turfy mountains, where live nibbling sheep. Shak.

Oral; not written. Nuncupative will or testament, a will or testament made by word of mouth only, before witnesses, as by a soldier or seaman, and depending on oral testimony for proof. Blackstone.

tritive polyp (Zoöl.), any one of the zooids of a compound hydroid, or coral, which has a mouth and digestive cavity. -- Nu"tri*tive*ly, adv. -- Nu"tri*tive*ness, n.

The letter O, or its sound. "Mouthing out his hollow oes and aes." Tennyson.

A special structure found in the mouth of most mollusks, except bivalves. It consists of several muscles and a cartilage which supports a chitinous radula, or lingual ribbon, armed with teeth. Also applied to the radula alone. See Radula.

A pot or jar having a wide mouth; a cinerary urn, especially one of baked clay.

pason (Mus.), a certain stop in an organ, in which the pipes or tubes are formed like the mouthpiece of a flageolet at the end where the wind enters, and are open at the other end. -- Open flank (Fort.), the part of the flank covered by the orillon. -- Open-front furnace (Metal.), a blast furnace having a forehearth.…

Uttered by the mouth, or in words; spoken, not written; verbal; as, oral traditions; oral testimony; oral law.

By, with, or in, the mouth; as, to receive the sacrament orally. [Obs.] Usher.

A mouth or aperture, as of a tube, pipe, etc.; an opening; as, the orifice of an artery or vein; the orifice of a wound. Shak. Etna was bored through the top with a monstrous orifice. Addison.

A mouth; an opening; an entrance.