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  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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