Emily Dickinson Lexicon

tongue (-s), n. [OE tunge.]

1. Fleshy, muscular organ in the mouth used as an instrument of taste.
2. Fleshy, muscular organ in the mouth used to articulate speech sounds.
3. Language; speech; verbal expression; mode of speaking.
4. Power of speech; ability to express verbally.
5. Thin, forked organ in the mouth of serpents, used as an instrument of tactile sensation.
6. Clapper; thin piece of metal suspended from the center of a bell which, when vibrated, strikes the body of the bell and causes it to ring.
7. [Fig.] gurgling; bubbling noise made by water flowing over rocks.