Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for TUNG
TUNG, n.2 [Sax. tung, tunga; Goth. tugga; Sw. tunga; Dan. tunge; D. tong; G. zunge. The common orthography, tongue, is incorrect.]
In man, the chief instrument of taste, and one of the instruments of speech. [See Tongue.]
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