tung
n. countablen. an old way of spelling the word 'tongue'. It refers to the part of your mouth you use for tasting and speaking.
n. an archaic orthographic variant of 'tongue'. Refers to the muscular organ in the mouth used for tasting, swallowing, and articulating speech.
The old book used the spelling tung instead of tongue.
In certain Middle English texts, the word for the organ of speech appears as tung.
Scholars of historical linguistics often encounter the spelling tung when examining the evolution of English orthography before the standardisation of the seventeenth century.
Archaic spelling; not used in modern standard English except in historical or linguistic contexts.
He bit his tung.He bit his tongue.Tung is an obsolete spelling; modern English always uses tongue.