Webster's Dictionary 1913

3349

Tongkang

Tong″kang (?), n.(Naut.) A kind of boat or junk used in the seas of the Malay Archipelago.

3350

Tongo

Ton″go (?), n. The mangrove; — so called in the Pacific Islands.

3351

Tongs

Tongs (?), n. pl. [OE. tonge, tange, AS. tange; akin to D. tang, G. zanga, OHG. zanga, Don. tang, Sw. tång, Icel. töng, Gr. δάκνειν to bite, Skr. dañiç, daç. √59. Cf. Tang a str...

3352

Tongue

Tongue (?), n. [OE. tunge, tonge, AS. tunge; akin to OFries. tunge, D. tong, OS. tunga, G. zunge, OHG. zunga, Icel. & Sw. tunga, Dan tunge, Goth. tuggō, OL. dingua, L. lingua. √...

3353

Tongue (2)

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. S...

3354

Tongue (3)

Tongue, v. i. 1. To talk; to prate. Dryden.2. (Mus.) To use the tongue in forming the notes, as in playing the flute and some other wind instruments.

3355

Tongue-pad

Tongue″–pad′ (?), n. A great talker.

3356

Tongue-shaped

Tongue″–shaped′ (?), a. Shaped like a tongue; specifically (Bot.), linear or oblong, and fleshy, blunt at the end, and convex beneath; as, a tongue-shaped leaf.

3357

Tongue-shell

Tongue″–shell′ (?), n. Any species of Lingula.

3358

Tongue-tie

Tongue″–tie′ (?), n.(Med.) Impeded motion of the tongue because of the shortness of the frænum, or of the adhesion of its margins to the gums. Dunglison.

3359

Tongue-tie (2)

Tongue″–tie′, v. t. To deprive of speech or the power of speech, or of distinct articulation.

3360

Tongue-tied

Tongue″–tied′ (?), a. 1. Destitute of the power of distinct articulation; having an impediment in the speech, esp. when caused by a short frænum.2. Unable to speak freely, from ...

3361

Tonguebird

Tongue″bird′ (?), n. The wryneck.

3362

Tongued

Tongued (?), a. Having a tongue.Tongued like the night crow. Donne.

3363

Tonguefish

Tongue″fish′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) A flounder (Symphurus plagiusa) native of the southern coast of the United States.

3364

Tongueless

Tongue″less (?), a. 1. Having no tongue.2. Hence, speechless; mute. “What tongueless blocks were they! would they not speak?” Shak.3. Unnamed; not spoken of.One good deed dying ...

3365

Tonguelet

Tongue″let (?), n. A little tongue.

3366

Tonguester

Tongue″ster (?), n. One who uses his tongue; a talker; a story-teller; a gossip.Step by step we rose to greatness; through the tonguesters we may fall. Tennyson.

3367

Tongueworm

Tongue″worm′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) Any species of Linguatulina.

3368

Tonguing

Tongu″ing (?), vb. n.(Music) Modification of tone for a rapid staccato effect by the performer's tongue, in playing a wind instrument, as a flute. In single tonguing only one ki...

3369

Tonguy

Tongu″y (?), a. Ready or voluble in speaking; as, a tonguy speaker. [Written also tonguey.]

3370

Tonic

Ton″ic (?), a. [Cf. F. tonigue, Gr. �. See Tone.] 1. Of or relating to tones or sounds; specifically (Phon.), applied to, or distingshing, a speech sound made with tone unmixed ...

3371

Tonic (2)

Ton″ic, n. [Cf. F. tonigue, NL. tonicum.] 1. (Phon.) A tonic element or letter; a vowel or a diphthong.2. (Mus.) The key tone, or first tone of any scale.3. (Med.) A medicine th...

3372

Tonic (3)

Ton″ic, a.(Med.) Characterized by continuous muscular contraction; as, tonic convulsions.

3373

Tonical

Ton″ic‐al (?), a. Tonic. Sir T. Browne.

3374

Tonicicty

To‐nic″ic‐ty (?), n.(Physiol.) The state of healty tension or partial contraction of muscae fibers while at rest; tone; tonus.

3375

Tonight

To‐night″ (?), adv. [Prep. to+night] 1. On this present or coming night.2. On the last night past. Shak.