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The opening of a vessel by which it is filled or emptied, charged or discharged; as, the mouth of a jar or pitcher; the mouth of the lacteal vessels, etc.

Having the basal joints of the legs converted into jaws.

Spoken without sincerity; not heartfelt. "Mouth-made vows." Shak.

Furnished with a mouth.

One who mouths; an affected speaker.

As much as is usually put into the mouth at one time.

Destitute of a mouth.

The part of a musical or other instrument to which the mouth is applied in using it; as, the mouthpiece of a bugle, or of a tobacco pipe.

The angler.

Expanding at the mouth; as, a bell-mouthed gun. Byron.

An interior acrow's-foot in the United States.

Using foul or scurrilous language; slanderous.

One of the Eurylaimidæ, a family of East Indian passerine birds.

Cautious in speaking; secret; wary; uncommunicative.

Having a loud and sonorous voice. "Deep-mouthed dogs." Dryden.

Having broad, hangling lips. [R.] Shak.

A fish of the genus Aulostoma, having a much elongated tubular snout.

Using language scurrilous, opprobrious, obscene, or profane; abusive. So foul-mouthed a witness never appeared in any cause. Addison.

One of several species of Asiatic and East Indian birds of the genus Batrachostomus (family Podargidæ); -- so called from their very broad, flat bills.

Not sensible to the bit; not easily governed; as, a hard- mouthed horse.