1. To speak with a full, round, or loud, affected voice; to vociferate; to rant.
I'll bellow out for Rome, and for my country,
And mouth at Cæsar, till I shake the senate.
Addison. 2. To put mouth to mouth; to kiss. [R.] Shak.
3. To make grimaces, esp. in ridicule or contempt.
Well I know, when I am gone,
How she mouths behind my back.
Tennyson. Mouthed
(Mouthed) a.
1. Furnished with a mouth.
2. Having a mouth of a particular kind; using the mouth, speech, or voice in a particular way; — used
only in composition; as, wide-mouthed; hard-mouthed; foul- mouthed; mealy-mouthed.
Mouther
(Mouth"er) n. One who mouths; an affected speaker.
Mouth-footed
(Mouth"-foot`ed) a. (Zoöl.) Having the basal joints of the legs converted into jaws.
Mouthful
(Mouth"ful) n.; pl. Mouthfuls
1. As much as is usually put into the mouth at one time.
2. Hence, a small quantity.
Mouthless
(Mouth"less), a. [AS. muðleás.] Destitute of a mouth.
Mouth-made
(Mouth"-made`) a. Spoken without sincerity; not heartfelt. "Mouth-made vows." Shak.
Mouthpiece
(Mouth"piece`) n.
1. The part of a musical or other instrument to which the mouth is applied in using it; as, the mouthpiece
of a bugle, or of a tobacco pipe.
2. An appendage to an inlet or outlet opening of a pipe or vessel, to direct or facilitate the inflow or
outflow of a fluid.
3. One who delivers the opinion of others or of another; a spokesman; as, the mouthpiece of his party.
Egmont was imprudent enough to make himself the mouthpiece of their remonstrance.
Motley. Movability
(Mov`a*bil"i*ty) n. Movableness.
Movable
(Mov"a*ble) a. [Cf. OF. movable. See Move.]
1. Capable of being moved, lifted, carried, drawn, turned, or conveyed, or in any way made to change
place or posture; susceptible of motion; not fixed or stationary; as, a movable steam engine.
2. Changing from one time to another; as, movable feasts, i. e., church festivals, the date of which
varies from year to year.
Movable letter (Heb. Gram.), a letter that is pronounced, as opposed to one that is quiescent.
Movable
(Mov"a*ble), n.; pl. Movables
