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toothed |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Toothed \Toothed\, a. 1. Having teeth; furnished with teeth. ``Ruby-lipped and toothed with pearl.'' --Herrick. 2. (Bot. & Zo["o]l.) Having marginal projecting points; dentate. {Toothed whale} (Zo["o]l.), any whale of the order Denticete. See {Denticete}. {Toothed wheel}, a wheel with teeth or projections cut or set on its edge or circumference, for transmitting motion by their action on the engaging teeth of another wheel. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tooth \Tooth\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Toothed}; p. pr & vb n. {Toothing}.] 1. To furnish with teeth. The twin cards toothed with glittering wire. --Wordsworth. 2. To indent; to jag; as to tooth a saw. 3. To lock into each other See {Tooth}, n., 4. --Moxon. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: toothed adj 1: having teeth especially of a certain number or type often used in combination; "saw-toothed" [ant: {toothless}] 2: notched like a saw with teeth pointing toward the apex [syn: {serrate}, {serrated}, {saw-toothed}, {notched}] 3: having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though gnawed [syn: {erose}, {jagged}, {jaggy}, {notched}]
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