Meaning of TUSK
| Pronunciation: | | tusk
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- [n] a long pointed tooth specialized for fighting or digging; especially in an elephant or walrus or hog
- [n] a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses
- [v] remove the tusks of animals
- [v] stab or pierce with a horn or tusk; of animals
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| | Synonyms: | | detusk, horn, ivory |
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| | See Also: | | dentin, dentine, ivory, pierce, remove, take, take away, thrust, tooth, tusk, tusk, tusker, withdraw | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Tusk\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Same as {Torsk}.
\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.
\Tusk\, v. i.
To bare or gnash the teeth. [Obs.]
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