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Mouth (mouth), n.; pl.
Mouths (mou&thlig;z). [OE. mouth,
muþ, AS. mūð; akin to D. mond,
OS. mūð, G. mund, Icel. muðr,
munnr, Sw. mun, Dan. mund, Goth.
munþs, and possibly L. mentum chin; or cf. D.
muil mouth, muzzle, G. maul, OHG. mūla,
Icel. mūli, 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.

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.


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