lingua

a. [ L. linguax, -acis, loquacious, fr. lingua tongue. ] Given to the use of the tongue; loquacious. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Phonetics) An articulation pronounced by the aid or use of the tongue and teeth. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. lingua tongue + E. dental. ] (Phonetics) Formed or uttered by the joint use of the tongue and teeth, or rather that part of the gum just above the front teeth; dentolingual, as the letters d and t. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. [ It., prop., language of the Franks. ] 1. The commercial language of the Levant, -- a mixture of the languages of the people of the region and of foreign traders. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any hybrid or other language used over a wide area as a common or commercial tongue among peoples of different speech. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ L. lingua tongue: cf. F. lingual. See Tongue, and cf. Language. ] 1. Of or pertaining to the tongue; uttered by the aid of the tongue; glossal; as, the lingual nerves; a lingual letter. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. lying near the tongue; especially, in dentistry, on the surface of the tooth next to the tongue. Contrasted with buccal, the side of a tooth touching the cheek, i. e. the side opposite to the lingual side. [ PJC ]

Lingual ribbon. (Zool.) See Odontophore. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A consonant sound formed by the aid of the tongue; -- a term especially applied to certain articulations (as those of t, d, th, and n) and to the letters denoting them. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In Sanskrit grammar certain letters, as &tsdot_;, &tsdot_;h, &dsdot_;, &dsdot_;h, &nsdot_;, are called linguals, cerebrals, or cacuminals. They are uttered with the tip of the tongue turned up and drawn back into the dome of the palate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being lingual. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. lingua tongue. ] (Zool.) Same as Linguatulina. [ 1913 Webster ]