n.;
Every coffeehouse has some particular statesman belonging to it, who is the mouth of the street where he lives. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
That in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. Matt. xviii. 16. [ 1913 Webster ]
Counterfeit sad looks,
Make mouths upon me when I turn my back. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Down at the mouth
Down in the mouth
Mouth friend,
Mouth glass,
Mouth honor,
Mouth organ. (Mus.)
Mouth pipe,
To stop the mouth,
To put one's foot in one's mouth,
To run off at the mouth,
To talk out of both sides of one's mouth,
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. i.
I'll bellow out for Rome, and for my country,
And mouth at Caesar, till I shake the senate. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
Well I know, when I am gone,
How she mouths behind my back. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Mouthing out his hollow oes and aes. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
n. One who mouths; an affected speaker. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Zool.) Having the basal joints of the legs converted into jaws. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.;
a. [ AS. mūðleás. ] Destitute of a mouth. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Spoken without sincerity; not heartfelt. “Mouth-made vows.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
Egmont was imprudent enough to make himself the mouthpiece of their remonstrance. Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]