Mouth
MOUTH, noun
1. The aperture in the head of an animal, between the lips, by which he utters his voice and receives food. In a more general sense, the mouth consists of the lips, the gums, the insides of the cheeks, the palate, the salival glands, the uvula and tonsils.
2. The opening of a vessel by which it is filled or emptied; as the mouth of a jar or pitcher.
3. The part or channel of a river by which its waters are discharged into the ocean or into a lake. The Mississippi and the Nile discharge their waters by several mouths.
4. The opening of a piece of ordnance at the end, by which the charge issues.
5. The aperture of a vessel in animal bodies, by which fluids or other matter is received or discharged; as the mouth of the lacteals.
6. The opening or entrance of a cave, pit, well or den. [[Daniel 8#1|Daniel 8:1]].
7. The instrument of speaking; as, the story is in every body's mouth
8. A principal speaker; one that utters the common opinion.
Every coffee house has some statesman belonging to it, who is the mouth of the street where he lives.
9. Cry; voice.
All spend their mouth aloft, but none abide.
10. In Scripture, words uttered. [[Job 19#16|Job 19:16]]. [[Isaiah 49#2|Isaiah 49:2]]. [[Psalms 73#9|Psalms 73:9]].
11. Desires; necessities. [[Psalms 103#5|Psalms 103:5]].
12. Freedom and boldness of speech; force of argument.
[[Luke 21#15|Luke 21:15]].
13. Boasting; vaunting. [[Judges 9#38|Judges 9:38]].
14. Testimony. [[Deuteronomy 17#6|Deuteronomy 17:6]].
15. Reproaches; calumnies. [[Job 5#15|Job 5:15]].
To make a mouth to distort the mouth;
To make mouths, to make a wry face; hence, to deride or treat with scorn.
1. To pout; to treat disdainfully.
Down in the mouth dejected; mortified.
To have God's law in the mouth to converse much on it and delight in it. [[Exodus 13#9|Exodus 13:9]].
To draw near to God with the mouth to make an external appearance of devotion and worship, while there is no regard to him in the heart. [[Isaiah 29#13|Isaiah 29:13]].
A froward mouth contradictions and disobedience. [[Proverbs 9#1|Proverbs 9:1]].
A smooth mouth soft and flattering language. [[Proverbs 5#3|Proverbs 5:3]].
To stop the mouth to silence or to be silent; to put to shame; to confound. [[Romans 3#14|Romans 3:14]]. lay the hand on the mouth to be struck silent with shame. [[Micah 7#5|Micah 7:5]].
To set the mouth against the heavens, to speak arrogantly and blasphemously. [[Psalms 73#9|Psalms 73:9]].
MOUTH, verb transitive To utter with a voice affectedly big or swelling; as, to mouth words or language.
Twitch'd by the sleeve, he mouths it more and more.
1. To take into the mouth; to seize with the mouth
2. To chew; to grind, as food; to eat; to devour.
3. To form by the mouth as a bear her cub. [Not used.]
MOUTH, verb intransitive To speak with a full, round, or loud, affected voice; to vociferate; to rant; as a mouthing actor.