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(c) The opening of a piece of
ordnance, through which it is discharged. (d)
The opening through which the waters of a river or any stream
are discharged. (e) The entrance into a
harbor.

3. (Saddlery) The crosspiece of a
bridle bit, which enters the mouth of an animal.

4. 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.

5. Cry; voice. [Obs.]
Dryden.

6. Speech; language; testimony.

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

Matt. xviii.
16.

7. 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.

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