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A tongue.

The commercial language of the Levant, -- a mixture of the language of the people of the region and foreign traders.

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

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.

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.

Containing, or consisting of, two languages; expressed in two languages; as, a bilingual inscription; a bilingual dictionary. -- Bi*lin"gual*ly, adv.

Quality of being bilingual. The bilingualism of King's English. Earle.

See Bilingual.

Having, or pertaining to, the same language.

A dentilingual sound or letter. The letters of this fourth, dentilingual or linguidental, class, viz., d, t, s, z, l, r. Am. Cyc.

Dentilingual.

To deprive of the tongue. [Obs.] Davies (Holy Roode).

Punishment by cutting out the tongue.

Having the tongue forked.

A process or fold below the tongue in some animals.

Situated under the tongue; as, the sublingual gland.

ressed in three languages. The much-noted Rosetta stone . . . bears upon its surface a trilingual inscription. I. Taylor.