Word Meanings - SWALLOWTAIL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A kind of tenon or tongue used in making joints. See Dovetail.

• Tongue-shaped
  Shaped like a tongue; specifically (Bot.), linear or oblong, and fleshy, blunt at the end, and convex beneath; as, a tongue-shaped leaf.
• TONGUESHELL
  Any species of Lingula.
• TONGUETIE
  Impeded motion of the tongue because of the shortness of the frænum, or of the adhesion of its margins to the gums. Dunglison.
• Makeshift
  That with which one makes shift; a temporary expedient.
• Tongue-shell
  Any species of Lingula.
• Dovetail
  A flaring tenon, or tongue (shaped like a bird's tail spread), and a mortise, or socket, into which it fits tightly, making an interlocking joint between two pieces which resists pulling a part in all directions except one.
• Tonguester
  One who uses his tongue; a talker; a story-teller; a gossip.
• Dovetailed
  of Dovetail
• Makeweight
  That which is thrown into a scale to make weight; something of little account added to supply a deficiency or fill a gap.
• Tongue-tie
  Impeded motion of the tongue because of the shortness of the fraenum, or of the adhesion of its margins to the gums.
• Dovetailing
  of Dovetail
• Tongue-tied
  Destitute of the power of distinct articulation; having an impediment in the speech, esp. when caused by a short fraenum.
• Making-iron
  A tool somewhat like a chisel with a groove in it, used by calkers of ships to finish the seams after the oakum has been driven in.
• Tongueworm
  Any species of Linguatulina.
• Making-up
  The act of bringing spirits to a certain degree of strength, called proof.

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