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y, or with undue rapidity; to jabber; to prate. To tame a shrew, and charm her chattering tongue. Shak.

the photosphere. Portions of the chromosphere are here and there thrown up into enormous tongues of flame.

Surrounded by a ridle or elevation; as, the circumvallate papillæ, near the base of the tongue.

To utter words rapidly and continually, or with abruptness; to let the tongue run.

That which strikes or claps, as the tongue of a bell, or the piece of wood that strikes a mill hopper, etc. See Illust. of Bell. Clapper rail (Zoöl.), an Americam species of rail (Rallus scepitans).

To abuse with the tongue; to revile; to scold.

To talk fast and noisily; to rattle with the tongue. I see thou dost but clatter. Spenser.

e form of an oxbow, with the two ends perforated to receive a pin, used on the end of the tongue of a plow, wagen, etc., to attach it to a draft chain, whiffletree, etc.; -- called also clavel, clevy.

outhern Africa, consisting in a sudden withdrawal of the end or some other portion of the tongue from a part of the mouth with which it is in contact, whereby a sharp, clicking sound is produced. The sounds are four in number, and are called cerebral, palatal, dental, and lateral clicks or clucks, the latter being the…

nor more cogent reason. Dr. H. More. Proofs of the most cogent description. Tyndall. The tongue whose strains were cogent as commands, Revered at home, and felt in foreign lands. Cowper.

ess; civility; affability. Complacency, and truth, and manly sweetness, Dwell ever on his tongue, and smooth his thoughts. Addison. With mean complacence ne'er betray your trust. Pope.

ine; to comprehend; to understand. "I conceive you." Hawthorne. O horror, horror, horror! Tongue nor heart Cannot conceive nor name thee! Shak. You will hardly conceive him to have been bred in the same climate. Swift.

To make confession; to disclose sins or faults, or the state of the conscience. Every tongue shall confess to God. Rom. xiv. 11.

ty passing judgment on one's self; the moral sense. My conscience hath a thousand several tongues, And every tongue brings in a several tale, And every tale condemns me for a villain. Shak. As science means knowledge, conscience etymologically means self- knowledge . . . But the English word implies a moral standard of…

rsistence. "Indulgent continuers in sin." Hammond. I would my horse had the speed of your tongue, and so good a continuer. Shak.

ce cools water. Send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue. Luke xvi. 24.

g; now, specifically, to salt slightly in brine or otherwise; as, to corn beef; to corn a tongue.

One who counsels; an adviser. Can he that speaks with the tongue of an enemy be a good counselor, or no Shak.

Not performing, or not having performed, deeds or exploits; inactive. Deedless in his tongue. Shak.

Produced by applying the tongue to the teeth or to the gums; or representing a sound so formed. -- n.