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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Mouth \Mouth\ (mouth), n.; pl {Mouths} (mou[th]z). [OE. mouth, mu[thorn], AS m[=u][eth]; akin to D. mond, OS m[=u][eth], G. mund, Icel. mu[eth]r, munnr Sw mun, Dan. mund, Goth. mun[thorn]s, and possibly L. mentum chin; or cf D. muil mouth, muzzle, G. maul, OHG. m[=u]la, Icel. m[=u]li, 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Mouth \Mouth\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mouthed}; 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Mouth \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 C[ae]sar, 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: mouth n 1: the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge; "he stuffed his mouth with candy" [syn: {oral cavity}] 2: the externally visible part of the oral cavity on the face; "she wiped lipstick from her mouth" 3: the point where a stream issues into a larger body of water; "New York is at the mouth of the Hudson" 4: an opening that resembles a mouth (as of a cave or a gorge); "he rode into the mouth of the canyon"; "they built a fire at the mouth of the cave" 5: a person conceived as a consumer of food; "he has four mouths to feed" 6: (informal) a spokesperson (as a lawyer) [syn: {mouthpiece}] 7: an impudent or insolent rejoinder; "don't give me any of your sass" [syn: {sass}, {sassing}, {backtalk}, {lip}] 8: the opening of a jar or bottle; "the jar had a wide mouth" v 1: express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense" [syn: {talk}, {speak}, {utter}, {verbalize}] 2: articulate silently; form words with the lips only; "She mouthed a swear word" 3: touch with the mouth From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: MOUTH, n. In man, the gateway to the soul; in woman, the outlet of the heart.
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