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Webster 1913 Edition

Lingual

Lin′gual

(lĭṉ′gwal)
,
Adj.
[L.
lingua
tongue: cf. F.
lingual
. See
Tongue
, and cf.
Language
.]
1.
Of or pertaining to the tongue; uttered by the aid of the tongue; glossal;
as, the
lingual
nerves; a
lingual
letter.
Lingual ribbon
.
(Zool.)
See
Odontophore
.

Lin′gual

,
Noun.
A consonant sound formed by the aid of the tongue; – a term especially applied to certain articulations (as those of t, d, th, and n) and to the letters denoting them.
☞ In Sanskrit grammar certain letters, as ṭ, ṭh, ḍ, ḍh, ṇ, are called linguals, cerebrals, or cacuminals. They are uttered with the tip of the tongue turned up and drawn back into the dome of the palate.

Webster 1828 Edition

Lingual

LIN'GUAL

,
Adj.
[L. lingua, the tongue.] Pertaining to the tongue; as the lingual nerves, the ninth pair, which go to the tongue; the lingual muscle, or muscle of the tongue.

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