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for Tongued
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Tongue \Tongue\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tongued; p. pr. & vb. n.
Tonguing.]
1. To speak; to utter. "Such stuff as madmen tongue." --Shak.
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2. To chide; to scold.
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How might she tongue me. --Shak.
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3. (Mus.) To modulate or modify with the tongue, as notes, in
playing the flute and some other wind instruments.
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4. To join means of a tongue and grove; as, to tongue boards
together.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Tongued \Tongued\, a.
Having a tongue.
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Tongued like the night crow. --Donne.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
tongued
adj 1: provided with or resembling a tongue; often used in
combination; "tongued shoes"; "tongued boards"; "toungued
lightning"; "long-tongued" [ant: tongueless]
2: having a manner of speaking as specified; often used in
combination; "golden-tongued"; "sharp-tongued"
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