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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Mouth \Mouth\ (mouth), n.; pl. {Mouths} (mou[th]z). [OE. mouth,
mu[thorn], AS. m[=u][eth]; akin to D. mond, OS. m[=u][eth],
G. mund, Icel. mu[eth]r, munnr, Sw. mun, Dan. mund, Goth.
mun[thorn]s, and possibly L. mentum chin; or cf. D. muil
mouth, muzzle, G. maul, OHG. m[=u]la, Icel. m[=u]li, and Skr.
mukha mouth.]
1. The opening through which an animal receives food; the
aperture between the jaws or between the lips; also, the
cavity, containing the tongue and teeth, between the lips
and the pharynx; the buccal cavity.
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2. Hence: An opening affording entrance or exit; orifice;
aperture; as:
(a) The opening of a vessel by which it is filled or
emptied, charged or discharged; as, the mouth of a jar
or pitcher; the mouth of the lacteal vessels, etc.
(b) The opening or entrance of any cavity, as a cave, pit,
well, or den.
(c) The opening of a piece of ordnance, through which it
is discharged.
(d) The opening through which the waters of a river or any
stream are discharged.
(e) The entrance into a harbor.
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3. (Saddlery) The crosspiece of a bridle bit, which enters
the mouth of an animal.
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4. A principal speaker; one who utters the common opinion; a
mouthpiece.
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Every coffeehouse has some particular statesman
belonging to it, who is the mouth of the street
where he lives. --Addison.
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5. Cry; voice. [Obs.] --Dryden.
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6. Speech; language; testimony.
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That in the mouth of two or three witnesses every
word may be established. --Matt. xviii.
16.
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7. A wry face; a grimace; a mow.
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Counterfeit sad looks,
Make mouths upon me when I turn my back. --Shak.
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{Down at the mouth} or {Down in the mouth}, chapfallen; of
dejected countenance; depressed; discouraged. [Obs. or
Colloq.]
{Mouth friend}, one who professes friendship insincerely.
--Shak.
{Mouth glass}, a small mirror for inspecting the mouth or
teeth.
{Mouth honor}, honor given in words, but not felt. --Shak.
{Mouth organ}. (Mus.)
(a) Pan's pipes. See {Pandean}.
(b) An harmonicon.
{Mouth pipe}, an organ pipe with a lip or plate to cut the
escaping air and make a sound.
{To stop the mouth}, to silence or be silent; to put to
shame; to confound.
{To put one's foot in one's mouth}, to say something which
causes one embarrassment.
{To run off at the mouth}, to speak excessively.
{To talk out of both sides of one's mouth}, to say things
which are contradictory.
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The mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.
--Ps. lxiii.
11.
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Whose mouths must be stopped. --Titus i. 11.
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