TRUMPET-TONGUED
\tɹˈʌmpɪttˈʌŋd], \tɹˈʌmpɪttˈʌŋd], \t_ɹ_ˈʌ_m_p_ɪ_t_t_ˈʌ_ŋ_d]\
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By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Having a tongue loud and vociferous as a trumpet; speaking-trumpet, a trumpet for increasing the intensity of speech, and transmitting it to a considerable distance in a particular direction; hearing or ear trumpet, a long tube, generally made curved or spiral, with a trumpet-shaped end, for collecting sounds into a focus, used by persons with imperfect hearing, to enable them to hear words and sounds more distinctly.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
