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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
mouth \mouth\ mouth, n.; pl. mouths mouthz. oe. mouth,
   muthorn, as. m=ueth; akin to d. mond, os. m=ueth,
   g. mund, icel. muethr, munnr, sw. mun, dan. mund, goth.
   munthorns, and possibly l. mentum chin; or cf. d. muil
   mouth, muzzle, g. maul, ohg. m=ula, icel. m=uli, 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.
      1913 webster

   2. hence: an opening affording entrance or exit; orifice;
      aperture; as:
      a 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.
      b the opening or entrance of any cavity, as a cave, pit,
          well, or den.
      c the opening of a piece of ordnance, through which it
          is discharged.
      d the opening through which the waters of a river or any
          stream are discharged.
      e the entrance into a harbor.
          1913 webster

   3. saddlery the crosspiece of a bridle bit, which enters
      the mouth of an animal.
      1913 webster

   4. a principal speaker; one who utters the common opinion; a
      mouthpiece.
      1913 webster

            every coffeehouse has some particular statesman
            belonging to it, who is the mouth of the street
            where he lives.                       --addison.
      1913 webster

   5. cry; voice. obs. --dryden.
      1913 webster

   6. speech; language; testimony.
      1913 webster

            that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every
            word may be established.              --matt. xviii.
                                                  16.
      1913 webster

   7. a wry face; a grimace; a mow.
      1913 webster

            counterfeit sad looks,
            make mouths upon me when i turn my back. --shak.
      1913 webster

   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.
      a pan's pipes. see pandean.
      b 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.
      1913 webster +pjc

            the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.
                                                  --ps. lxiii.
                                                  11.
      1913 webster

            whose mouths must be stopped.         --titus i. 11.
      1913 webster
see also:
mouths down at the mouth down in the mouth mouth friend mouth glass mouth honor 
mouth organ pandean mouth pipe to stop the mouth to put one's foot in one's mouth 
to run off at the mouth to talk out of both sides of one's mouth 

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Mouths Wide Open
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http://www.mouthswideopen.org/, score=100, date indexed=December 30, 2005, 12:06 am

Loud Mouths
...posted by Loud Mouths | Comment (0) 12:05 PM Now that Kerry is the ... posted by Loud Mouths | Comment (0) 1:31 PM posted by Loud @ 3:04 AM. ... ..
http://www.loudmouths.blogspot.com/, score=92, date indexed=February 4, 2006, 5:31 am

Gold teeth fill the mouths
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http://www.letusreason.org/Pent5.htm, score=79, date indexed=January 20, 2006, 4:39 am

Out of Our Mouths
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http://food.danakate.com/, score=76, date indexed=January 20, 2006, 12:43 am

thebadmouths.com
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http://www.thebadmouths.com/, score=71, date indexed=December 29, 2005, 9:54 pm

Big-mouths.com Limited
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http://www.big-mouths.com/, score=70, date indexed=December 30, 2005, 1:44 pm

Bush to NGOs: Watch Your Mouths
...... 2003 by the Globe and Mail (Canada). Bush to NGOs: Watch Your Mouths. ... ..
http://www.commondreams.org/views03/0620-06.htm, score=63, date indexed=January 24, 2006, 2:33 pm

Wry Mouths
...... some mouths are wider than others, etc.-- but no more wry mouths. That ... These mouths will always come back to haunt you in your breeding ... ..
http://www.americanboxerclub.org/wry-mouths.html, score=59, date indexed=November 24, 2005, 9:50 am

Mouths of Babes
...Out of the mouths of babes. My son James is four.  Whenever he hurts ... Out of the mouths of babes. After a church service on Sunday Morning, ... ..
http://www.javacasa.com/humor/mouthsofbabes.htm, score=55, date indexed=January 20, 2006, 4:24 am

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