Part 6558

<h1>Lingism</h1> <Xpage=856>

<hw>Ling"ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A mode of treating certain diseases, as obesity, by gymnastics; -- proposed by Pehr Henrik <i>Ling</i>, a Swede. See <er>Kinesiatrics</er>.</def>

<h1>Lingle</h1> <Xpage=856>

<hw>Lin"gle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Lingel</er>.</def>

<h1>Lingo</h1> <Xpage=856>

<hw>Lin"go</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>lingua</ets> tongue, language. See <er>Lingual</er>.]</ety> <def>Language; speech; dialect.</def> <mark>[Slang]</mark>

<h1>Lingoa wood</h1> <Xpage=856>

<hw>Lin*go"a wood`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><def>. Amboyna wood.</def>

<h1>Lingot</h1> <Xpage=856>

<hw>Lin"got</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A linget or ingot; also, a mold for casting metals. See <er>Linget</er>.</def>

<h1>Lingua</h1> <Xpage=856>

<hw>Lin"gua</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Lingu\'91</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L., the tongue.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A tongue.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A median process of the labium, at the under side of the mouth in insects, and serving as a tongue.</def>

<h1>Linguacious</h1> <Xpage=856>

<hw>Lin*gua"cious</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>linguax</ets>, <ets>-acis</ets>, loquacious, fr. <ets>lingua</ets> tongue.]</ety> <def>Given to the use of the tongue; loquacious.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Linguadental</h1> <Xpage=856>

<hw>Lin`gua*den"tal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>lingua</ets> tongue + E. <ets>dental</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Phonetics)</fld> <def>Formed or uttered by the joint use of the tongue and teeth, or rather that part of the gum just above the front teeth; dentolingual, as the letters <i>d</i> and <i>t</i>.</def>

<h1>Linguadental</h1> <Xpage=856>

<hw>Lin`gua*den"tal</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Phonetics)</fld> <def>An articulation pronounced by the aid or use of the tongue and teeth.</def>

<h1>Lingua Franca</h1> <Xpage=856>

<hw>Lin"gua Fran"ca</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[It., prop., language of the Franks.]</ety> <def>The commercial language of the Levant, -- a mixture of the language of the people of the region and foreign traders.</def>

<h1>Lingual</h1> <Xpage=856>

<hw>Lin"gual</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>lingua</ets> tongue: cf. F. <ets>lingual</ets>. See <er>Tongue</er>, and cf. <er>Language</er>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to the tongue; uttered by the aid of the tongue; glossal; <as>as, the <ex>lingual</ex> nerves; a <ex>lingual</ex> letter.</as></def>

<cs><col>Lingual ribbon</col>. <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Odontophore</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Lingual</h1> <Xpage=856>

<hw>Lin"gual</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A consonant sound formed by the aid of the tongue; -- a term especially applied to certain articulations (as those of <i>t</i>, <i>d</i>, <i>th</i>, and <i>n</i>) and to the letters denoting them.</def>

<note>&hand; In Sanskrit grammar certain letters, as <i>t</i>, <i>th</i>, <i>d</i>, <i>dh</i>, <i>n</i>, are called linguals, cerebrals, or cacuminals. They are uttered with the tip of the tongue turned up and drawn back into the dome of the palate.</note>

<h1>Linguality</h1> <Xpage=856>

<hw>Lin*gual"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being lingual.</def>