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and those which are not preceded by deciduous teeth are sometimes called true molars. See Tooth.

Having many teeth, or toothlike processes.

Fault-finding; teasing; persistently annoying; as, a nagging toothache. [Colloq.]

-- called also nail-head molding, or nail-head. It is the same as the simplest form of dogtooth. See Dogtooth.

nocerous), about twenty feet long. The male usually has one long, twisted, pointed canine tooth, or tusk projecting forward from the upper jaw like a horn, whence it is called also sea unicorn, unicorn fish, and unicorn whale. Sometimes two horns are developed, side by side.

the small part of the piece between the chase and the swell of the muzzle. -- Neck of a tooth (Anat.), the constriction between the root and the crown. -- Neck or nothing (Fig.), at all risks. -- Neck verse. (a) The verse formerly read to entitle a party to the benefit of clergy, said to be the first verse of the f…

A fore tooth of a horse. The nippers are four in number.

Toothache.

A remedy for the toothache.

One of the more or less columnar cells on the outer surface of the pulp of a tooth; an odontoplast. They are supposed to be connected with the formation of dentine.

A subdivision of Cetacea, including the sperm whale, dolphins, etc.; the toothed whales.

Having the form of a tooth; toothlike.

A fossil tooth colored a bright blue by phosphate of iron. It is used as an imitation of turquoise, and hence called bone turquoise.

Having toothlike mandibles; -- applied to certain insects.

An order of extinct toothed birds having the teeth in sockets, as in the genus Ichthyornis. See Ichthyornis.

One of the small, horny, toothlike jaws of certain annelids.

Comblike toothing.

o as divide the liquor into equal portions. "Drink down to your peg." Longfellow. -- Peg tooth. See Fleam tooth under Fleam. -- Peg top, a boy's top which is spun by throwing it. -- Screw peg, a small screw without a head, for fastening soles.

uin) of the Pineapple family; also, the plant itself, which has rigid, pointed, and spiny-toothed leaves, and is used for hedges. [Written also pinguin.] Arctic penguin (Zoöl.), the great auk. See Auk.

A sharp-pointed tool for picking; -- often used in composition; as, a toothpick; a picklock.