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.

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

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.

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

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

The opening or entrance of a cave, pit, well or den. Daniel 6:17.

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

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.

Cry; voice. The fearful dogs divide, All spend their mouth aloft, but none abide.

In Scripture, words uttered]ob 19:16; Isaiah 49:2; Psalm 73:9.

Desires; necessities. Psalm 103:5.

Freedom and boldness of speech; force of argument. Luke 21:15.

Boasting; vaunting. Judges 9:38.

Testimony. Deuteronomy 17:6.

Reproaches; calumnies. Job 5:75. To make a mouth, to distort the mouth; . To make mouths, to make a wry face; hence, to deride or treat with scorn.

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. Exodus 13:9. 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. Isaiah 29:13. A. froward mouth, contradictions and disobedience. Proverbs 8:13. A smooth mouth, soft and flattering language. Proverbs 5:3. To stop the mouth, to silence or to be silent; to put to shame; to confound. Romans 3:19. To lay the hand on the mouth, to be struck silent with shame. Micah 7:16. To set the mouth against the heavens, to speak arrogantly and blasphemously. Psalm 73:9.

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.

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

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

To form by the mouth, as a bear her cub.