Mouth , v. i. 1. To
speak with a full, round,
or loud, affected voice; to vociferate; to rant.
I'll bellow out for Rome, and for my country,
And mouth at Cæsar, till I shake
the senate.
Addison. 2. To put mouth to
mouth; to kiss. [R.]
Shak.
3. To make grimaces, esp. in ridicule or contempt.
Well I know, when I am gone,
How she mouths behind my back.
Tennyson.
Mouth (mou&thlig;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mouthed (mou&thlig;d);
p. pr. & vb. n.
Mouthing.]
1. To take into the
mouth; to seize or grind with the mouth or
teeth; to chew; to devour. Dryden.
2.
To utter with a voice
affectedly big or swelling; to speak in a strained or
unnaturally sonorous manner. "Mouthing big phrases." Hare.
Mouthing out his hollow oes and aes.
Tennyson.
3. To form or cleanse with the mouth; to
lick, as a bear her cub. Sir T. Browne.
4. To make mouths at. [R.] R.
Blair.
Mouth (mouth), n.; pl. Mouths
(mou&thlig;z). [OE. mouth,
muþ, AS. mūð; akin to D. mond, OS. mūð, G. mund, Icel. muðr, munnr, Sw. mun,
Dan. mund, Goth. munþs, and possibly L. mentum chin; or cf. D.
muil mouth, muzzle,
G. maul, OHG. mūla, Icel. mūli, 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.
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.
3. (Saddlery) The crosspiece of a bridle bit, which enters the mouth of
an animal.
4. A principal speaker; one who utters the common opinion; a mouthpiece.
Every coffeehouse has some particular statesman belonging to it, who is the mouth of the street
where he lives.
Addison.
5. Cry; voice. [Obs.] Dryden.
6. Speech; language; testimony.
That in the
mouth of two or three
witnesses every word may be established.
Matt. xviii. 16. 7.
A wry face; a grimace; a mow.
Counterfeit sad looks,
Make mouths upon me when I turn my back.
Shak. 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.
The mouth
of them that speak lies shall be stopped.
Ps. lxiii. 11.
Whose mouths must be stopped.
Titus i. 11.
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