Definition of tooth

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Tooth (n.) Any projection corresponding to the tooth of an animal, in shape, position, or office; as, the teeth, or cogs, of a cogwheel; a tooth, prong, or tine, of a fork; a tooth, or the teeth, of a rake, a saw, a file, a card..

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Toothing :: Toothing (n.) Bricks alternately projecting at the end of a wall, in order that they may be bonded into a continuation of it when the remainder is carried up..
Coralwort :: Coralwort (n.) A cruciferous herb of certain species of Dentaria; -- called also toothwort, tooth violet, or pepper root..
Odontoid :: Odontoid (a.) Having the form of a tooth; toothlike.
Killer :: Killer (n.) A voracious, toothed whale of the genus Orca, of which several species are known..
File :: File (v. t.) To rub, smooth, or cut away, with a file; to sharpen with a file; as, to file a saw or a tooth..
Escapement :: Escapement (n.) The contrivance in a timepiece which connects the train of wheel work with the pendulum or balance, giving to the latter the impulse by which it is kept in vibration; -- so called because it allows a tooth to escape from a pallet at each vibration..
Clearance :: Clearance (n.) The distance by which one object clears another, as the distance between the piston and cylinder head at the end of a stroke in a steam engine, or the least distance between the point of a cogwheel tooth and the bottom of a space between teeth of a wheel with which it engages..
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..
Toothshell :: Toothshell (n.) Any species of Dentalium and allied genera having a tooth-shaped shell. See Dentalium.
Indenting :: Indenting (n.) Indentation; an impression like that made by a tooth.
Denticle :: Denticle (n.) A small tooth or projecting point.
Tine :: Tine (n.) A tooth, or spike, as of a fork; a prong, as of an antler..
Angulo-dentate :: Angulo-dentate (a.) Angularly toothed, as certain leaves..
Cingulum :: Cingulum (n.) The base of the crown of a tooth.
Quinque- :: Quinque- () A combining form meaning five, five times, fivefold; as, quinquefid, five-cleft; quinquedentate, five-toothed..
Latidentate :: Latidentate (a.) Broad-toothed.
Tusk :: Tusk (n.) A projecting member like a tenon, and serving the same or a similar purpose, but composed of several steps, or offsets. Thus, in the illustration, a is the tusk, and each of the several parts, or offsets, is called a tooth..
Quinquedentated :: Quinquedentated (a.) Five-toothed; as, a quinquedentate leaf..
Cuspid :: Cuspid (n.) One of the canine teeth; -- so called from having but one point or cusp on the crown. See Tooth.
Charbon :: Charbon (n.) A small black spot or mark remaining in the cavity of the corner tooth of a horse after the large spot or mark has become obliterated.
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