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By Daniel Johnston
•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.•An opening affording entrance or exit; orifice; aperture;•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.•The opening or entrance of any cavity, as a cave, pit, well, or den.•The opening of a piece of ordnance, through which it is discharged.•The opening through which the waters of a river or any stream are discharged.•The entrance into a harbor.•The crosspiece of a bridle bit, which enters the mouth of an animal.•A principal speaker; one who utters the common opinion; a mouthpiece.•Cry; voice.•Speech; language; testimony.•A wry face; a grimace; a mow.•To take into the mouth; to seize or grind with the mouth or teeth; to chew; to devour.•To utter with a voice affectedly big or swelling; to speak in a strained or unnaturally sonorous manner.•To form or cleanse with the mouth; to lick, as a bear her cub.•To make mouths at.•To speak with a full, round, or loud, affected voice; to vociferate; to rant.•To put mouth to mouth; to kiss.•To make grimaces, esp. in ridicule or contempt.