Dictionary entry

Tongue (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Tongue (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Tongued (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Tonguing.] 1. To speak; to utter. “Such stuff as madmen tongue.” Shak.

2. To chide; to scold.

How might she tongue me. Shak.

3. (Mus.) To modulate or modify with the tongue, as notes, in playing the flute and some other wind instruments.

4. To join means of a tongue and grove; as, to tongue boards together.