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tonguing |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tongue \Tongue\, v. t. [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.
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