(n.) The opening through which an animal receives food; the
aperture between the jaws or between the lips; also, the cavity,
containing the tongue and teeth, between the lips and the pharynx; the
buccal cavity.
(n.) An opening affording entrance or exit; orifice; aperture;
(n.) The opening of a vessel by which it is filled or emptied,
charged or discharged; as, the mouth of a jar or pitcher; the mouth of
the lacteal vessels, etc.
(n.) The opening or entrance of any cavity, as a cave, pit, well,
or den.
(n.) The opening of a piece of ordnance, through which it is
discharged.
(n.) The opening through which the waters of a river or any
stream are discharged.
(n.) The entrance into a harbor.
(n.) The crosspiece of a bridle bit, which enters the mouth of an
animal.
(n.) A principal speaker; one who utters the common opinion; a
mouthpiece.
(n.) Cry; voice.
(n.) Speech; language; testimony.
(n.) A wry face; a grimace; a mow.
(v. t.) To take into the mouth; to seize or grind with the mouth
or teeth; to chew; to devour.
(v. t.) To utter with a voice affectedly big or swelling; to
speak in a strained or unnaturally sonorous manner.
(v. t.) To form or cleanse with the mouth; to lick, as a bear her
cub.
(v. t.) To make mouths at.
(v. i.) To speak with a full, round, or loud, affected voice; to
vociferate; to rant.
(v. i.) To put mouth to mouth; to kiss.
(v. i.) To make grimaces, esp. in ridicule or contempt.
