Tusk

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vi To bare or gnash the teeth.

II. Tusk ·noun ·same·as Torsk.

III. Tusk ·noun A toothshell, or Dentalium;

— called also tusk-shell.

IV. Tusk ·noun One of the elongated incisor or canine teeth of the wild boar, elephant, ·etc.; hence, any long, protruding tooth.

V. Tusk ·noun 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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