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plural teeth
A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for biting and chewing food. examples
A sharp projection on the blade of a saw or similar implement. examples
A projection on the edge of a gear that meshes with similar projections on adjacent gears, or on the circumference of a cog that engages with a chain. examples
Of a rope, the stickiness when in contact with another rope as in a knot. examples
(zoology) A projection or point in other parts of the body resembling the tooth of a vertebrate animal. quotations
Species XXXVI. Obliquaria bullata— (Unio bullata) […] Found at the falls of Ohio; rare; breadth almost two inches; cardinal and lamellar teeth like preceding species; apices rounded, decorticated, but not truncated
1832, Constantine Samuel Rafinesque, A monograph of the fluviatile bivalve shells of the river Ohio, page 43
(botany) A pointed projection from the margin of a leaf. examples
(animation) The rough surface of some kinds of cel or other films that allows better adhesion of artwork. examples
(figurative) Liking, fondness (compare toothsome). quotations examples
These are not dishes for thy dainty tooth
1693, John Dryden, “The Third Satire of Aulus Persius Flaccus”, in The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis
(algebraic geometry) An irreducible component of a comb that intersects the handle in exactly one point, that point being distinct from the unique point of intersection for any other tooth of the comb. examples
third-person singular simple present tooths, present participle toothing, simple past and past participle toothed
To provide or furnish with teeth. quotations examples
His Wife sate near him, teasing matted wool, / While, from the twin cards toothed with glittering wire / He fed the spindle […]
1815, William Wordsworth, The Brothers
To indent; to jag. examples
To lock into each other, like gear wheels. quotations examples
Whereas if the Header of one side of the wall, toothed as much as the Stretcher on the other side, it would be a stronger Toothing, and the joints of the Header on one side, would be in the middle of the Headers of the course they lie upon of the other side
1678, Joseph Moxon, Mechanick Exercises: or the Doctrine of Handy-works, page 260