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Having a tongue. Tongued like the night crow. Donne.

Closemouthed; silent. "Close-tongued treason." Shak.

clarations on the same subject; deceitful. Likewise must the deacons be grave, not double-tongued. 1 Tim. iii. 8.

Speaking without reserve. Bp. Hall.

Sweet speaking; persuasive; seductive. Shak.

Having a long tongue.

Of pleasing speech.

Having a forked tongue, like a serpent.

Having a shrill voice. "When shrill-tongued Fulvia scolds." Shak.

Having a smooth tongue; plausible; flattering.

Having a forked tongue, as that of snakes and some lizards.

Having a powerful, far-reaching voice or speech.

Double-tongued; deceitful. Sandys.

Barbs or paps under the tongued of horses and cattle. See 1st Barb, 3.

Having a peculiar or characteristic hand. As poisonous tongued as handed. Shak.

Tongued; having the tongue visible. Lions . . . represented as armed and langued gules. Cussans.

Any one numerous species of small brush-tongued parrots or lories, found mostly in Australia, New Guinea and the adjacent islands, with some forms in the East Indies. They are arboreal in their habits and feed largely upon the honey of flowers. They belong to Trichoglossus, Loriculus, and several allied genera.…

Speaking smoothly; plausible; flattering; smooth-tongued.

An Egyptian fork-tongued lizard, about four feet long when full grown.