Definition of tooth

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Tooth (n.) One of the hard, bony appendages which are borne on the jaws, or on other bones in the walls of the mouth or pharynx of most vertebrates, and which usually aid in the prehension and mastication of food..

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Colt''s Tooth :: Colt's tooth () See under Colt.
Dentirostral :: Dentirostral (a.) Having a toothed bill; -- applied to a group of passerine birds, having the bill notched, and feeding chiefly on insects, as the shrikes and vireos. See Illust. (N) under Beak..
Tusk :: Tusk (n.) One of the elongated incisor or canine teeth of the wild boar, elephant, etc.; hence, any long, protruding tooth..
Set :: Set (n.) The deflection of a tooth, or of the teeth, of a saw, which causes the the saw to cut a kerf, or make an opening, wider than the blade..
Untooth :: Untooth (v. t.) To take out the teeth of.
Dogtooth :: Dogtooth (n.) See Canine tooth, under Canine..
Tenon :: Tenon (n.) A projecting member left by cutting away the wood around it, and made to insert into a mortise, and in this way secure together the parts of a frame; especially, such a member when it passes entirely through the thickness of the piece in which the mortise is cut, and shows on the other side. Cf. Tooth, Tusk..
Premolar :: Premolar (n.) An anterior molar tooth which has replaced a deciduous molar. See Tooth.
Alveolus :: Alveolus (n.) A small depression, sac, or vesicle, as the socket of a tooth, the air cells of the lungs, the ultimate saccules of glands, etc..
Jagger :: "Jagger (n.) One who, or that which, jags; specifically: (a) jagging iron used for crimping pies, cakes, etc. (b) A toothed chisel. See Jag, v. t..
Tooth :: Tooth (v. t.) To lock into each other. See Tooth, n., 4..
Tridentated :: Tridentated (a.) Having three teeth; three-toothed.
Dentile :: Dentile (n.) A small tooth, like that of a saw..
Gagtooth :: Gagtooth (n.) A projecting tooth.
Toothsome :: Toothsome (a.) Grateful to the taste; palatable.
Denticulated :: Denticulated (a.) Furnished with denticles; notched into little toothlike projections; as, a denticulate leaf of calyx..
Nipper :: Nipper (n.) A fore tooth of a horse. The nippers are four in number.
Fang :: Fang (v. t.) The tusk of an animal, by which the prey is seized and held or torn; a long pointed tooth; esp., one of the usually erectile, venomous teeth of serpents. Also, one of the falcers of a spider..
Talon :: Talon (n.) One of certain small prominences on the hind part of the face of an elephant's tooth.
Fang :: Fang (v. t.) A projecting tooth or prong, as in a part of a lock, or the plate of a belt clamp, or the end of a tool, as a chisel, where it enters the handle..
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