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1. 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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2. 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.]
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