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Noah Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

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In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government ought to be instructed... No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people.

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1828 Definition

MOUTH, n.

1. The aperture in the head of an animal, between the lips, by which he utters his voice and receives food. In a more general sense, the mouth consists of the lips, the gums, the insides of the cheeks, the palate, the salival glands, the uvula and tonsils.

2. The opening of a vessel by which it is filled or emptied; as the mouth of a jar or pitcher.

3. The part or channel of a river by which its waters are discharged into the ocean or into a lake. The Mississippi and the Nile discharge their waters by several mouths.

4. The opening of a piece of ordnance at the end, by which the charge issues.

5. The aperture of a vessel in animal bodies, by which fluids or other matter is received or discharged; as the mouth of the lacteals.

6. The opening or entrance of a cave, pit, well or den. Dan.8.

7. The instrument of speaking; as, the story is in every body's mouth.

8. A principal speaker; one that utters the common opinion.

Every coffee house has some statesman belonging to it, who is the mouth of the street where he lives.

9. Cry; voice.

The fearful dogs divide,

All spend their mouth aloft, but none abide.

10. In Scripture, words uttered. Job.19. Is.49. Ps.73.

11. Desires; necessities. Ps.103.

12. Freedom and boldness of speech; force of argument.

Luke 21.

13. Boasting; vaunting. Judges 9.

14. Testimony. Deut.17.

15. Reproaches; calumnies. Job.5.

To make a mouth, to distort the mouth;

To make mouths, to make a wry face; hence, to deride or treat with scorn.

1. To pout; to treat disdainfully.

Down in the mouth, dejected; mortified.

To have God's law in the mouth, to converse much on it and delight in it. Ex.13.

To draw near to God with the mouth, to make an external appearance of devotion and worship, while there is no regard to him in the heart. Is.29.

A froward mouth, contradictions and disobedience. Prov.9.

A smooth mouth, soft and flattering language. Prov.5.

To stop the mouth, to silence or to be silent; to put to shame; to confound. Rom.3.lay the hand on the mouth, to be struck silent with shame. Mic.7.

To set the mouth against the heavens, to speak arrogantly and blasphemously. Ps.73.

MOUTH, v.t. To utter with a voice affectedly big or swelling; as, to mouth words or language.

Twitch'd by the sleeve, he mouths it more and more.

1. To take into the mouth; to seize with the mouth.

2. To chew; to grind, as food; to eat; to devour.

3. To form by the mouth, as a bear her cub. [Not used.]

4. To reproach; to insult.

MOUTH, v.i. To speak with a full, round, or loud, affected voice; to vociferate; to rant; as a mouthing actor.

I'll bellow out for Rome and for my country,

And mouth at Caesar, till I shake the senate.

1913 Definition

Mouth (mouth)
n.	(mouth)
Mouth
; pl. Mouths (mou**thlig]z). [OE. mouth, muþ, AS. mð; akin to D. mond, OS. mð, G. mund, Icel. muðr*, m

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;

as: (a)

The crosspiece of a bridle bit, which enters the mouth of an animal.

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.

Cry; voice.

[Obs.] Dryden.

Speech; language; testimony.

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

A wry face; a grimace; a mow.

Counterfeit sad looks,
Make mouths upon me when I turn my back. Shak.

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.

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

Whose mouths must be stopped. Titus i. 11.

To take into the mouth] to seize or grind with the mouth or teeth; to chew; to devour.

Dryden.

To utter with a voice affectedly big or swelling; to speak in a strained or unnaturally sonorous manner.

"Mouthing big phrases." Hare.

Mouthing out his hollow oes and aes. Tennyson.

To form or cleanse with the mouth; to lick, as a bear her cub.

Sir T. Browne.

To make mouths at.

[R.] R. Blair.

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.

To put mouth to mouth; to kiss.

[R.] Shak.

To make grimaces, esp. in ridicule or contempt.

Well I know, when I am gone,
How she mouths behind my back. Tennyson.

Noah Says...

They choose men, not because they are just men, men of religion and integrity, but solely for the sake of supporting a party. This is a fruitful source of public evils. But as surely as there is a God in heaven, who exercises a moral government over the affairs of this world, so certainly will the neglect of the divine command, in the choice of rulers, be followed by bad laws and as bad administration; by laws unjust or partial, by corruption, tyranny, impunity of crimes, waste of public money, and a thousand other evils. Men may desire and adopt a new form of government; they may amend old forms, repair breaches and punish violators of the constitution; but there is, there can be no effectual remedy, but obedience to the divine law.

Value of the Bible (unpublished manuscript) :: 1834

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