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Soft to sweet in speech; persuasive. Shak.

Headstrong. That hot-mouthed beast that bears against the curb. Dryden.

Having a loud voice; talking or sounding noisily; noisily impudent.

See Mealy-mouthed.

edly or timidly delicate of speech; unwilling to tell the truth in plain language. "Mealy-mouthed philanthropies." Tennyson. She was a fool to be mealy-mouthed where nature speaks so plain. L'Estrange. -- Meal"y-mouth`ness, n.

Having the mouth open; gaping; hence, greedy; clamorous. L'Estrange.

Any fish of the genus Fistularia; -- called also tobacco pipefish. See Fistularia.

The members of a religious sect which first appeared at Plymouth, England, about 1830. They protest against sectarianism, and reject all official ministry or clergy. Also called Brethren, Christian Brethren, Plymouthists, etc. The Darbyites are a division of the Brethren.

Having a pouch mouth; blobber-lipped.

f the genus Diabasis, or Hæmulon, of the Southern United States, having the inside of the mouth bright red. Called also flannelmouth, and grunt.

A wide-mouthed bottle with glass stopper for holding chemicals, especially crystallized salts.

A wide mouth; a mouth stretched in derision. Dryden.

Having a splaymouth. T. Brown.

The crappie. [U.S.]

Having a projecting under jaw; prognathous. [Obs.] Holland.

An American freshwater bream, or sunfish (Chænobryttus gulosus); -- called also red-eyed bream.

Any one of several species of large, elongated, marine fishes of the genus Cryptacanthodes, especially C. maculatus of the American coast. A whitish variety is called ghostfish.

Pertaining to the surface or end opposite to the mouth in a radiate animal; -- opposed to actinal. "The aboral or abactinal area." L. Agassiz.

Situated opposite to, or away from, the mouth.

On the point or verge of; going; in act of. Paul was now aboutto open his mouth. Acts xviii. 14.