Tusk

7 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Torsk \Torsk\, n. [Dan.; akin to Icel. [thorn]orskr a codfish,
     G. dorsch.] (Zool.)
     (a) The cusk. See {Cusk}.
     (b) The codfish. Called also {tusk}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tusk \Tusk\ (t[u^]sk), v. i.
     To bare or gnash the teeth. [Obs.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tusk \Tusk\ (t[u^]sk), n. (Zool.)
     Same as {Torsk}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tusk \Tusk\, n. [OE. tusk, the same word as tusch, AS. tusc. See
     {Tush} a tooth.]
     1. (Zool.) One of the elongated incisor or canine teeth of
        the wild boar, elephant, etc.; hence, any long, protruding
        tooth.
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     2. (Zool.) A toothshell, or Dentalium; -- called also
        {tusk-shell}.
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     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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cusk \Cusk\ (k[u^]sk), n. (Zool.)
     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}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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; "the rhino horned the
            explorer" [syn: {horn}]
       2: remove the tusks of animals; "tusk an elephant" [syn: {detusk}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  36 Moby Thesaurus words for "tusk":
     baby tooth, bicuspid, bucktooth, canine, crown, cuspid, cutter,
     deciduous tooth, dent, denticle, denticulation, dentil, dentition,
     dogtooth, eyetooth, fang, fore tooth, gagtooth, gang tooth,
     gold tooth, gore, grinder, horn, incisor, milk tooth, molar, peg,
     permanent tooth, pivot tooth, premolar, scrivello, snag,
     snaggletooth, tooth, tush, wisdom tooth