資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

       (b) A projection on the side, as of a board, which fits
           into a groove.
       (c) A point, or long, narrow strip of land, projecting
           from the mainland into a sea or a lake.
       (d) The pole of a vehicle; especially, the pole of an ox
           cart, to the end of which the oxen are yoked.
       (e) The clapper of a bell.
       (f) (Naut.) A short piece of rope spliced into the upper
           part of standing backstays, etc.; also. the upper
           main piece of a mast composed of several pieces.
       (g) (Mus.) Same as {Reed}, n., 5.

   {To hold the tongue}, to be silent.

   {Tongue bone} (Anat.), the hyoid bone.

   {Tongue grafting}. See under {Grafting}.

   Syn: Language; speech; expression. See {Language}.