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rize; to triturate; to grind; as, to comminute chalk or bones; to comminute food with the teeth. Pennant. Comminuted fracture. See under Fracture.

rms, found especially in carboniferous rocks. Such fossils are supposed by some to be the teeth of marsipobranch fishes, but they are probably the jaws of annelids.

Having cogs or teeth projecting parallel to the axis, instead of radiating from it. [R.] Contrate wheel. See Crown wheel.

faith as the corner stone of his government." Prescott. -- Corner tooth, one of the four teeth which come in a horse's mouth at the age of four years and a half, one on each side of the upper and of the lower jaw, between the middle teeth and the tushes.

An artificial cavity made in the teeth of horses that have outgrown their natural mark, to disguise their age.

olently; to dash together with noise and violence. [R.] He shakt his head, and crasht his teeth for ire. Fairfax.

To crush with the teeth; to chew with violence and noise; to crunch. Swift.

Having the margin cut into rounded teeth notches, or scallops.

To seize the manger or other solid object with the teeth and draw in wind; -- said of a horse.

vicious habit of a horse; crib-biting. The horse lays hold of the crib or manger with his teeth and draws air into the stomach with a grunting sound.

or across the main workings, as from one gangway to another. Crosscut saw. (a) A saw, the teeth of which are so set as to adapt it for sawing wood crosswise of the grain rather than lengthwise. (b) A saw managed by two men, one at each end, for cutting large logs crosswise.

A wheel with cogs or teeth set at right angles to its plane; -- called also a contrate wheel or face wheel.

A saw in the form of a hollow cylinder, with teeth on the end or edge, and operated by a rotative motion.

To crush with the teeth; to chew with a grinding noise; to craunch; as, to crunch a biscuit.

f doughy paste, cooked with a potpie; -- also called dumpling. Th' impenetrable crust thy teeth defies. Dryden. He that keeps nor crust nor crumb. Shak. They . . . made the crust for the venison pasty. Macualay.

A kind of card or comb having rows of metallic teeth or serrated ridges, used in curryng a horse.

Having curved teeth.

One of the canine teeth; -- so called from having but one point or cusp on the crown. See Tooth.

" Dryden. -- To cut stick, to make off clandestinely or precipitately. [Slang] -- To cut teeth, to put forth teeth; to have the teeth pierce through the gum and appear. -- To have cut one's eyeteeth, to be sharp and knowing. [Colloq.] -- To cut one's wisdom teeth, to come to years of discretion. -- To cut under, to…

Deeply indented; having large teeth; thus, a fess dancetté has only three teeth in the whole width of the escutcheon.