"tonge" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tonges [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} tonge (plural tonges)
  1. Obsolete spelling of tongue. Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: tongue
    Sense id: en-tonge-en-noun-5DgACpM4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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  ],
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        }
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        {
          "kind": "other",
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        }
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1570, Roger Ascham, The Scholemaster:",
          "text": "Or plaine and perfite way of teachyng children, to vnderstand, write, and speake, the Latin tong, but specially purposed for the priuate brynging vp of youth in Ientlemen and Noble mens houses, and commodious also for all such, as haue forgot the Latin tonge, and would, by themselues, without a Scholemaster, in short tyme, and with small paines, recouer a sufficient habilitie, to vnderstand, write, and speake Latin.",
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        }
      ],
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        "Obsolete spelling of tongue."
      ],
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      "tags": [
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    }
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