*mouth*

a. Expanding at the mouth; as, a bell-mouthed gun. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Arch.) An interior angle or notch cut across a piece of timber, for the reception of the edge of another, as that in a rafter to be laid on a plate; -- commonly called crow's-foot in the United States. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. someone who gossips indiscreetly.
Syn. -- blabber, tattletale, taleteller, talebearer, telltale. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. tending to talk excessively.
Syn. -- bigmouthed, blabby, talkative. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. prone to revealing secrets; -- of people.
Syn. -- leaky, talebearing(prenominal), tattling(prenominal). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Using foul or scurrilous language; slanderous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One of the Eurylaimidæ, a family of East Indian passerine birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Cautious in speaking; secret; wary; uncommunicative. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. venomous semiaquatic snake (Agkistrodon piscivorus) of swamps in southern U.S.; -- called also water moccasin, cottonmouth moccasin, and cottonmouth water moccasin. It grows to a length of about 4 feet. The name refers to the whiteness of the lips and inside of the mouth.
Syn. -- water moccasin, cottonmouth moccasin, Agkistrodon piscivorus. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

a. Having a loud and sonorous voice. “Deep-mouthed dogs.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having broad, hanging lips. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A fish of the genus Aulostoma, having a much elongated tubular snout. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Using language scurrilous, opprobrious, obscene, or profane; abusive; as, noisy foul-mouthed women all shouting at once.
Syn. -- foul-spoken. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

So foul-mouthed a witness never appeared in any cause. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One of several species of Asiatic and East Indian birds of the genus Batrachostomus (family Podargidæ); -- so called from their very broad, flat bills. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (hockey or soccer) The area immediately in front of the goal. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Not sensible to the bit; not easily governed; as, a hard-mouthed horse. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Soft to sweet in speech; persuasive. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Headstrong. [ 1913 Webster ]

That hot-mouthed beast that bears against the curb. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a person who causes trouble by speaking indiscretely. [ wns=1 ]
Syn. -- loudmouth, blusterer. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. Aperson who is loud-mouthed. [ PJC ]

a. Having a loud voice; talking or sounding noisily; noisily impudent or offensive. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Mealy-mouthed. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Using soft words; not straightforward; plausible; affectedly or timidly delicate of speech; speaking deviously; unwilling to tell the truth in plain language. Opposite of frank or blunt. “Mealy-mouthed philanthropies.” Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

She was a fool to be mealy-mouthed where nature speaks so plain. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Meal"y-mouth`ness n. [1913 Webster]

n. a person who talks excessively. [ derogatory ] [ PJC ]

n.; pl. Mouths [ OE. mouth, muþ, AS. mūð; akin to D. mond, OS. mūð, G. mund, Icel. muðr, munnr, Sw. mun, Dan. mund, Goth. munþs, and possibly L. mentum chin; or cf. D. muil mouth, muzzle, G. maul, OHG. mūla, Icel. mūli, 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Saddlery) The crosspiece of a bridle bit, which enters the mouth of an animal. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A principal speaker; one who utters the common opinion; a mouthpiece. [ 1913 Webster ]

Every coffeehouse has some particular statesman belonging to it, who is the mouth of the street where he lives. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Cry; voice. [ Obs. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Speech; language; testimony. [ 1913 Webster ]

That in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. Matt. xviii. 16. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. A wry face; a grimace; a mow. [ 1913 Webster ]

Counterfeit sad looks,
Make mouths upon me when I turn my back. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Down at the mouth or
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. --
To put one's foot in one's mouth, to say something which causes one embarrassment. --
To run off at the mouth, to speak excessively. --
To talk out of both sides of one's mouth, to say things which are contradictory. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

The mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped. Ps. lxiii. 11. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whose mouths must be stopped. Titus i. 11. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To utter with a voice affectedly big or swelling; to speak in a strained or unnaturally sonorous manner; as, mouthing platitudes. “Mouthing big phrases.” Hare. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mouthing out his hollow oes and aes. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To form or cleanse with the mouth; to lick, as a bear her cub. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To make mouths at. [ R. ] R. Blair. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To speak with a full, round, or loud, affected voice; to vociferate; to rant. [ 1913 Webster ]

I'll bellow out for Rome, and for my country,
And mouth at Caesar, till I shake the senate. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To put mouth to mouth; to kiss. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To make grimaces, esp. in ridicule or contempt. [ 1913 Webster ]

Well I know, when I am gone,
How she mouths behind my back. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Furnished with a mouth. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Having a mouth of a particular kind; using the mouth, speech, or voice in a particular way; -- used only in composition; as, wide-mouthed; hard-mouthed; foul-mouthed; mealy-mouthed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who mouths; an affected speaker. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Having the basal joints of the legs converted into jaws. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Mouthfuls 1. As much as is usually put into the mouth at one time. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, a small quantity. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A statement that has a profound truth in it; as, you said a mouthful! [ informal ] [ PJC ]

a. [ AS. mūðleás. ] Destitute of a mouth. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Spoken without sincerity; not heartfelt. “Mouth-made vows.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The part of a musical or other instrument to which the mouth is applied in using it; as, the mouthpiece of a bugle, or of a tobacco pipe. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An appendage to an inlet or outlet opening of a pipe or vessel, to direct or facilitate the inflow or outflow of a fluid. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. One who delivers the opinion of others or of another; a spokesman; as, the mouthpiece of his party. [ 1913 Webster ]

Egmont was imprudent enough to make himself the mouthpiece of their remonstrance. Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Hence: A person's lawyer. [ slang ] This is a term that was used sometimes in old movies. When a tough bad guy was arrested he might say “I ain't sayin' nothin' without my mouthpiece!” [ PJC ]

n. a medicated solution used for gargling and rinsing the mouth.
Syn. -- gargle. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Having the mouth open; gaping; hence, greedy; clamorous. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) Any fish of the genus Fistularia; -- called also tobacco pipefish. See Fistularia. [ 1913 Webster ]

The members of a religious sect which first appeared at Plymouth, England, about 1830. They protest against sectarianism, and reject all official ministry or clergy. Also called Brethren, Christian Brethren, Plymouthists, etc. The Darbyites are a division of the Brethren. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a pouch mouth; blobber-lipped. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) Any one of several species of marine food fishes of the genus Diabasis, or Haemulon, of the Southern United States, having the inside of the mouth bright red. Called also flannelmouth, and grunt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A wide-mouthed bottle with glass stopper for holding chemicals, especially crystallized salts. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Splaymouths A wide mouth; a mouth stretched in derision. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a splaymouth. T. Brown. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The crappie. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a projecting under jaw; prognathous. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) An American freshwater bream, or sunfish (Chaenobryttus gulosus); -- called also red-eyed bream. [ 1913 Webster ]