Definitions of tooth
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To
furnish
with
teeth.
-
To
indent;
to
jag;
as,
to
tooth
a
saw.
-
To
lock
into
each
other.
See
Tooth,
n.,
4.
-
To
indent
or
form
into
jagged
points.
-
To
furnish
with
teeth:
to
cut
into
teeth.
-
hard
bonelike
structures
in
the
jaws
of
vertebrates;
used
for
biting
and
chewing
or
for
attack
and
defense
-
a
means
of
enforcement; "
the
treaty
had
no
teeth
in
it"
-
toothlike
structure
in
invertebrates
found
in
the
mouth
or
alimentary
canal
or
on
a
shell
-
something
resembling
the
tooth
of
an
animal
-
one
of
a
number
of
uniform
projections
on
a
gear
-
One
of
the
hard,
bony
appendages
which
are
borne
on
the
jaws,
or
on
other
bones
in
the
walls
of
the
mouth
or
pharynx
of
most
vertebrates,
and
which
usually
aid
in
the
prehension
and
mastication
of
food.
-
Fig.:
Taste;
palate.
-
Any
projection
corresponding
to
the
tooth
of
an
animal,
in
shape,
position,
or
office;
as,
the
teeth,
or
cogs,
of
a
cogwheel;
a
tooth,
prong,
or
tine,
of
a
fork;
a
tooth,
or
the
teeth,
of
a
rake,
a
saw,
a
file,
a
card.
-
A
projecting
member
resembling
a
tenon,
but
fitting
into
a
mortise
that
is
only
sunk,
not
pierced
through.
-
One
of
several
steps,
or
offsets,
in
a
tusk.
See
Tusk.
-
An
angular
or
prominence
on
any
edge;
as,
a
tooth
on
the
scale
of
a
fish,
or
on
a
leaf
of
a
plant
-
one
of
the
appendages
at
the
mouth
of
the
capsule
of
a
moss.
See
Peristome.
-
Any
hard
calcareous
or
chitinous
organ
found
in
the
mouth
of
various
invertebrates
and
used
in
feeding
or
procuring
food;
as,
the
teeth
of
a
mollusk
or
a
starfish.
-
One
of
the
hard,
bony
projections
growing
in
the
jaws
and
used
for
biting
and
chewing;
any
projection
resembling
such
a
bone;
as,
a
gear-
tooth;
a
taste
or
fondness
for
a
certain
kind
of
food;
as,
she
has
a
sweet
tooth.
-
One
of
the
small
bones
in
the
jaws,
used
in
biting
and
chewing:
the
taste
or
palate:
anything
toothlike:
a
prong:
one
of
the
projections
on
a
saw
or
wheel:-
pl.
TEETH.
-
One
of
the
small
bony
projections
from
the
jaws
used
in
chewing;
a
prong;
projection
on
a
saw,
wheel, &
c.
-
One
of
the
hard,
dense
structures
of
the
mouth,
used
for
chewing
food.
-
Something
resembling
the
tooth
of
an
animal
in
form
or
use,
as
a
projecting
point,
pin,
or
cog.
-
See
teeth.
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