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ily dealt with; nice; critical; as, a delicate subject or question. There are some things too delicate and too sacred to be handled rudely without injury to truth. F. W. Robertson.

A tooth, as of a card, a gear wheel, etc. Knight.

A marine mollusk of the genus Dentalium, with a curved conical shell resembling a tooth. See Dentalium.

Toothed; especially, with the teeth projecting straight out, not pointed either forward or backward; as, a dentate leaf.

In a dentate or toothed manner; as, dentately ciliated, etc.

Formation of teeth; toothed form. [R.] How did it [a bill] get its barb, its dentation Paley.

An ornamental tooling like lace. Knight.

A small tooth or projecting point.

Furnished with denticles; notched into little toothlike projections; as, a denticulate leaf of calyx. -- Den*tic"u*late*ly, adv.

A diminutive tooth; a denticle.

Having the form of a tooth or of teeth; tooth-shaped.

A powder or other substance to be used in cleaning the teeth; tooth powder.

Bearing teeth or toothlike structures.

Toothed.

A small tooth, like that of a saw.

Having a toothed bill; -- applied to a group of passerine birds, having the bill notched, and feeding chiefly on insects, as the shrikes and vireos. See Illust. (N) under Beak.

Shaped like a tooth; tooth-shaped.

An artificial tooth, block, or set of teeth.

A pair of toothed wheels which work together. [R.]

ussian] clergy can not suffer corporal punishment without being previously desecrated. W. Tooke. The founders of monasteries imprecated evil on those who should desecrate their donations. Salmon.