| Tusk (tusk) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Tusk |
| (Zoöl.) |
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One of the elongated incisor or canine teeth of
the wild boar, elephant, etc.; hence, any long, protruding tooth.
A toothshell, or Dentalium;
-- called also tusk-shell.
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.
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To bare or gnash the
teeth.
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