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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.

The quality of being lingual.

Same as Linguatulina.

An order of wormlike, degraded, parasitic arachnids. They have two pairs of retractile hooks, near the mouth. Called also Pentastomida.

Linguadental.

Having the form of the tongue; tongue-shaped.

A master of the use of language; a talker. [Obs.] I'll dispute with him; He's a rare linguist. J. Webster.

Of or pertaining to language; relating to linguistics, or to the affinities of languages.

In a linguistic manner; from the point of view of a linguist. Tylor.

The science of languages, or of the origin, signification, and application of words; glossology.

Any one of numerous species of brachiopod shells belonging to the genus Lingula, and related genera. See Brachiopoda, and Illustration in Appendix. Lingula flags (Geol.), a group of strata in the lower Silurian or Cambrian system of Wales, in which some of the layers contain vast numbers of a species of Lingula.…

Shaped like the tongue or a strap; ligulate.

Earnings. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.

Same as Atheling.

In gasoline-engine motor vehicles, the cooling of the cylinder by increasing its radiating surface by means of ribs or radiators, and placing it so that it is exposed to a current of air. Cf. Water cooling. -- Air"-cooled`, a.

A thoughtless, gay person. [Obs.] "Slight airlings." B. Jonson.

With an ambling gait.

The act of one who angles; the art of fishing with rod and line. Walton.

The process used to render glass, iron, etc., less brittle, performed by allowing them to cool very gradually from a high heat.

Such as to appall; as, an appalling accident. -- Ap*pall"ing*ly, adv.