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Mouth \Mouth\ (mou[th]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mouthed}
(mou[th]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Mouthing}.]
1. To take into the mouth; to seize or grind with the mouth
or teeth; to chew; to devour. --Dryden.
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2. To utter with a voice affectedly big or swelling; to speak
in a strained or unnaturally sonorous manner; as, mouthing
platitudes. "Mouthing big phrases." --Hare.
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Mouthing out his hollow oes and aes. --Tennyson.
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3. To form or cleanse with the mouth; to lick, as a bear her
cub. --Sir T. Browne.
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4. To make mouths at. [R.] --R. Blair.
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