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Having (such) a tone; -- chiefly used in composition; as, high-toned; sweet-toned.
Having no tone; unmusical.
Alt. of Tonge
A drug useful in neuralgia, derived from a Fijian plant supposed to be of the aroid genus Epipremnum.
Tongue.
A kind of boat or junk used in the seas of the Malay Archipelago.
The mangrove; -- so called in the Pacific Islands.
An instrument, usually of metal, consisting of two parts, or long shafts, jointed together at or near one end, or united by an elastic bow, used for handling things, especially hot coals or metals; -- often called a pair of tongs.
an organ situated in the floor of the mouth of most vertebrates and connected with the hyoid arch.
The power of articulate utterance; speech.
Discourse; fluency of speech or expression.
Honorable discourse; eulogy.
A language; the whole sum of words used by a particular nation; as, the English tongue.
Speech; words or declarations only; -- opposed to thoughts or actions.
A people having a distinct language.
The lingual ribbon, or odontophore, of a mollusk.
The proboscis of a moth or a butterfly.
The lingua of an insect.
Any small sole.
That which is considered as resembing an animal's tongue, in position or form.