calve's tongue

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• Calves

  ·pl of <<Calf>>. ...

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• calves

  His calves are gone to grass; a saying of a man with slender legs without calves. Veal will be cheap...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• Tongue

  ·noun Any small sole. II. Tongue ·noun The clapper of a bell. III. Tongue ·noun ·same·as <<Reed>>,...

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• tongue

  Tongue enough for two sets of teeth: said of a talkative person. As old as my tongue, and a little o...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• tongue

  [Anglo-Saxon tunga]. The long tapered end of one piece of timber made to fay into a scarph at the en...

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• Adder's-tongue

  ·noun The yellow dogtooth violet. II. Adder's-tongue ·noun A genus of ferns (Ophioglossum), whose s...

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• Bird's-tongue

  ·noun The knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare). ...

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• Deer's-tongue

  ·noun A plant (Liatris odoratissima) whose fleshy leaves give out a fragrance compared to vanilla. ...

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• Dog's-tongue

  ·noun Hound's-tongue. ...

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• Double-tongue

  ·noun Deceit; duplicity. ...

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• Earth-tongue

  ·noun A fungus of the genus Geoglossum. ...

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• Hart-tongue

  ·noun A common British fern (Scolopendrium vulgare), rare in America. II. Hart-tongue ·noun A West ...

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• Hound's-tongue

  ·noun A biennial weed (Cynoglossum officinale), with soft tongue-shaped leaves, and an offensive odo...

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• Long-tongue

  ·noun The <<Wryneck>>. ...

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• Snake's-tongue

  ·noun ·same·as Adder's-tongue. ...

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• Tongue-pad

  ·noun A great talker. ...

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• Tongue-shaped

  ·adj Shaped like a tongue; specifically (Bot.), linear or oblong, and fleshy, blunt at the end, and ...

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• Tongue-shell

  ·noun Any species of Lingula. ...

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• Tongue-tie

  ·vt To deprive of speech or the power of speech, or of distinct articulation. II. Tongue-tie ·noun ...

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• Tongue-tied

  ·adj Unable to speak freely, from whatever cause. II. Tongue-tied ·adj Destitute of the power of di...

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• loll tongue

  He has been playing a game at loll tongue; he has been salivated. ...

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• dog's tongue

  n. name given to the plant Cynoglossum suaveolens, R. Br., N.O. Asperifoliae. ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• dog-tongue

  A name assigned to a kind of sole. ...

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• horse-tongue

  A name applied to a kind of sole. ...

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• ice-tongue

  See tongue. ...

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• calves head club

  A club instituted by the Independents and Presbyterians, to commemorate the decapitation of King Cha...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• buttock and tongue

  A scolding wife. ...

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• tongue of a bevel

  The movable part of the instrument by which the angles or bevellings are taken. ...

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