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g the mouth, speech, or voice in a particular way; -- used only in composition; as, wide- mouthed; hard-mouthed; foul-mouthed; mealy-mouthed.

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

Using foul or scurrilous language; slanderous.

Cautious in speaking; secret; wary; uncommunicative.

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

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

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

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

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.

Having a pouch mouth; blobber-lipped.

Having a splaymouth. T. Brown.

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

An open-mouthed, thin glass vessel, having a projecting lip for pouring; -- used for holding solutions requiring heat. Knight.

To make bell-mouthed; as, to bell a tube.

Having the shape of a widemouthed bell; campanulate.