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Applied to a palatal, a sibilant, or a dental consonant (as g in gem, c in cent, etc.) as distinguished from a guttural mute (as g in go, c in cone, etc.); -- opposed to hard.

Having the teeth bent out of the plane of the lamina; -- said of a leaf.

ne who unites the practice of surgery with that of the apothecary. Dunglison. -- Surgeon dentist, a dental surgeon; a dentist. -- Surgeon fish. See def. 2, above. -- Surgeon general. (a) In the United States army, the chief of the medical department. (b) In the British army, a surgeon ranking next below the chief of…

ss of the first growth of teeth, or the phenomena attending their issue through the gums; dentition.

ornament. (Arch.) Same as Dogtooth, n., 2.Tooth paste, a paste for cleaning the teeth; a dentifrice. -- Tooth powder, a powder for cleaning the teeth; a dentifrice. -- Tooth rash. (Med.) See Red-gum, 1. -- To show the teeth, to threaten. "When the Law shows her teeth, but dares not bite." Young. -- To the teeth, i…

One whose business it is to extract teeth with instruments; a dentist. Shak.

Having marginal projecting points; dentate. Toothed whale (Zoöl.), any whale of the order Denticete. See Denticete. -- Toothed wheel, a wheel with teeth or projections cut or set on its edge or circumference, for transmitting motion by their action on the engaging teeth of another wheel.

Any species of Dentalium and allied genera having a tooth- shaped shell. See Dentalium.

fancied to resemble teeth, as certain plants of the genus Lathræa, and various species of Dentaria. See Coralwort.

n. [Prov. Eng.] I presently perceived she was (what is vernacularly termed) trailing Mrs. Dent; that is, playing on her ignorance. C. Bronte.

Resplendent in the highest degree. [R.] -- Tran*splen"dent*ly, adv. [R.]

A toothshell, or Dentalium; -- called also tusk-shell.

hole; total; entire; whole; as, the universal world. Shak. At which the universal host up dent A shout that tore Hell's concave. Milton.

Having no precedent or example; not preceded by a like case; not having the authority of prior example; novel; new; unexampled. -- Un*prec"e*dent*ed*ly, adv.

A modified form of dentine, which is permeated by blood capillaries; vascular dentine.

A liquid dentifrice.