Definition of Tongues. Meaning of Tongues. Synonyms of Tongues

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Definition of Tongues

Tongue
Tongue 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.
Tongue
Tongue 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.
tongue
Radula Rad"u*la, n.; pl. Radul[ae]. [L., a scraper, fr. radere to scrape.] (Zo["o]l.) The chitinous ribbon bearing the teeth of mollusks; -- called also lingual ribbon, and tongue. See Odontophore.

Meaning of Tongues from wikipedia

- might informally be called tongues, but they lack a muscular structure like the true tongues found in most tetrapods. The tongue can serve as a metonym for...
- in tongues. 17th century – Early Quakers, such as Edward Burrough, make mention of tongues-speaking in their meetings: "We spoke with new tongues, as...
- Larks' Tongues in A**** is the fifth studio album by the English progressive rock group King Crimson, released on 23 March 1973 through Island Records...
- the track "Doin' Our Own Dang" as "the definitive Native Tongues posse cut". The Native Tongues took their name from a line in the song "African Cry", by...
- In Tongues may refer to: Glossolalia or speaking in tongues is the phenomenon of speaking in unintelligible utterances (often as part of religious practices)...
- articulate The Tongue, or Xannon Shirley, Australian musician Tongues (Esham album), 2001 Tongues (Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid album), 2007 "Tongue" (song)...
- Look up speaking in tongues in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Speaking in tongues is the phenomenon of speaking in unintelligible utterances, often...
- —namely the origins of the multiplicity of languages.: 426  The confusion of tongues (confusio linguarum) resulting from the construction of the Tower of Babel...
- A first language (L1), native language, native tongue, or mother tongue is the first language a person has been exposed to from birth or within the critical...
- tongues and interpretation of tongues). Duffield and Van Cleave use two categories: the vocal and the power gifts. The gifts of prophecy, tongues, interpretation...