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tusk |
6 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Torsk \Torsk\, n. [Dan.; akin to Icel. [thorn]orskr a codfish, G. dorsch.] (Zo["o]l.) a The cusk. See {Cusk}. b The codfish. Called also {tusk}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tusk \Tusk\, n. [OE. tusk, the same word as tusch, AS tusc. See {Tush} a tooth.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) One of the elongated incisor or canine teeth of the wild boar, elephant, etc.; hence any long, protruding tooth. 2. (Zo["o]l.) A toothshell, or Dentalium; -- called also {tusk-shell}. 3. (Carp.) 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tusk \Tusk\, n. (Zo["o]l.) Same as {Torsk}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tusk \Tusk\, v. i. To bare or gnash the teeth. [Obs.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cusk \Cusk\ (k?sk), n. (Zo["o]l.) A large edible, marine fish ({Brosmius brosme}), allied to the cod, common on the northern coasts of Europe and America; -- called also {tusk} and {torsk}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: tusk n 1: a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses [syn: {ivory}] 2: a long pointed tooth specialized for fighting or digging; especially in an elephant or walrus or hog v 1: stab or pierce with a horn or tusk; of animals [syn: {horn}] 2: remove the tusks of animals [syn: {detusk}]
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