Tusk
[tʌsk]
Definition
(noun.) a long pointed tooth specialized for fighting or digging; especially in an elephant or walrus or hog.
(verb.) remove the tusks of animals; 'tusk an elephant'.
Typist: Sonia--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Same as Torsk.
(n.) One of the elongated incisor or canine teeth of the wild boar, elephant, etc.; hence, any long, protruding tooth.
(n.) A toothshell, or Dentalium; -- called also tusk-shell.
(n.) 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.
(v. i.) To bare or gnash the teeth.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Tush, fang, pointed tooth.
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Definition
n. a long protruding tooth on either side of the mouth of certain animals: a sharp point: the share of a plough.—v.t. to gore with the tusks.—adjs. Tusked Tusk′y.—n. Tusk′er an elephant whose tusks are grown.
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Examples
- These are of irregular cylindrical form, depending on the form of the tusk’s circumference. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The hollow part at the base of the tusk must also be discarded. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- To have a perfectly balanced ball, one that will roll true in every direction, the ball must be so turned out of the tusk that the nerve center runs exactly through the middle of the ball. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- As the tusk grows in length on the living elephant it also expands; but the cells grow larger and less compact as the tusk expands in circumference. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Only that portion of the tusk can be used, the diameter of which is greater than the intended diameter of the ball. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- He was a huge fellow, terribly scarred about the face and chest, and with one broken tusk and a missing ear. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- In the ivory storage vaults of one large company, there is held from $150,000 to $300,000 worth of ivory, ranging from the tusk up to the finished product. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The process is as follows: The tusk is sawed into blocks about 2-3/4 inches in size. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Through the center of the tusk runs the great nerve of the tooth. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The rest of the tusk is used for ornaments, piano keys, etc. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- His expression was pleading rather than ferocious, nor did he bare his great tusks or utter his fearful guttural warnings. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Opposite him across the little clearing stood Horta, the boar, with lowered head and foam flecked tusks, ready to charge. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- In my house, when I had a house, and now I have no house, there were the tusks of boar I had shot in the lower forest. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Also to Ceylon, specially for elephants' tusks. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
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