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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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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 kind of stroke is used, the
tongue articulating a rapid "t;" in {double tonguing}, two
strokes, as for "t" and "k," are alternated; in {triple
tonguing}, "t, k, t," etc.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]