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Mouths

Mouth \Mouth\ (mouth), n.; pl. Mouths (mou[th]z). [OE. mouth, mu[thorn], AS. m[=u][eth]; akin to D. mond, OS. m[=u][eth], G. mund, Icel. mu[eth]r, munnr, Sw. mun, Dan. mund, Goth. mun[thorn]s, and possibly L. mentum chin; or cf. D. muil mouth, muzzle, G. maul, OHG. m[=u]la, Icel. m[=u]li, and Skr. mukha mouth.]

  1. 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.

  2. Hence: An opening affording entrance or exit; orifice; aperture; as:

    1. 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.

    2. The opening or entrance of any cavity, as a cave, pit, well, or den.

    3. The opening of a piece of ordnance, through which it is discharged.

    4. The opening through which the waters of a river or any stream are discharged.

    5. The entrance into a harbor.

  3. (Saddlery) The crosspiece of a bridle bit, which enters the mouth of an animal.

  4. A principal speaker; one who utters the common opinion; a mouthpiece.

    Every coffeehouse has some particular statesman belonging to it, who is the mouth of the street where he lives.
    --Addison.

  5. Cry; voice. [Obs.]
    --Dryden.

  6. Speech; language; testimony.

    That in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.
    --Matt. xviii. 16.

  7. A wry face; a grimace; a mow. Counterfeit sad looks, Make mouths upon me when I turn my back. --Shak. Down at the mouth or Down in the mouth, chapfallen; of dejected countenance; depressed; discouraged. [Obs. or Colloq.] Mouth friend, one who professes friendship insincerely. --Shak. Mouth glass, a small mirror for inspecting the mouth or teeth. Mouth honor, honor given in words, but not felt. --Shak. Mouth organ. (Mus.)

    1. Pan's pipes. See Pandean.

    2. An harmonicon.

      Mouth pipe, an organ pipe with a lip or plate to cut the escaping air and make a sound.

      To stop the mouth, to silence or be silent; to put to shame; to confound.

      To put one's foot in one's mouth, to say something which causes one embarrassment.

      To run off at the mouth, to speak excessively.

      To talk out of both sides of one's mouth, to say things which are contradictory.

      The mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.
      --Ps. lxiii. 11.

      Whose mouths must be stopped.
      --Titus i. 11.

Wiktionary
mouths

n. (plural of mouth English) vb. (en-third-person singular of: mouth)

Usage examples of "mouths".

Shortly they stood in the huge room on the inner surface of Man Station, the women scanning right and left, mouths open.

Her cool hands came up and cupped his cheeks, letting his neck relax while mouths remained together.

On the first, being hungry, I knelt before a large teat to feed and had a foot long cock in my rectum before the second swallow, two tongues in my vagina before the third and mouths on both breasts by the fourth.

The boys clamped their mouths shut and Katie did too, but in her case, she seemed to be suppressing laughter.

He felt pulled down, and then they were lying next to each other on the couch, mouths connected still, hands drifting tentatively over arms and shoulders.

Their mouths were locked and his hand was in her hair, holding her face up to his.

Ginny and Harry stood looking at the back of the closed portrait with their mouths open.

Percy smiled lovingly at Katie and then slowly went down on one knee before her, causing both her and Hermione to cover their mouths with their hands.

A cheer went up from the crowd, and when Percy and Katie separated their mouths, Katie threw her bouquet into the air, laughing.

More dust rose into the air, but they had all covered their mouths by now and were holding their eyes very nearly closed against the pervasive dust.

When their mouths separated, they leaned their brows together, and Harry felt a slight spark when their scars touched.

Our little entourage brought folk popping out of their houses like winkles on pins, mouths agape.

The last thing he needed just this minute was three more mouths to feed.

I saw the girls gasp and clamp their mouths tight shut, as the door swung open.

The firelight shone on their faces, glanced from their teeth, caught the moist shine of eyes and the soft dark flesh inside their mouths as they laughed.