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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Tongue \Tongue\, verb (used with an object) [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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Tongued \Tongued\, adjective Having a tongue.
Tongued like the night crow. --Donne.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
tongued
adjective
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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