Tongue v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tongued p. pr. & vb. n. Tonguing.]
1. To speak; to utter. “Such stuff as madmen tongue.”
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.
Tongued a. Having a tongue.
Tongued like the night crow. --Donne.
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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"