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

Ending in a point.

To make pointed or sharp.

Having a sharp end, like the point of a spear; terminating in a hard point; as, a cuspidate leaf.

Any ornamental vessel used as a spittoon; hence, to avoid the common term, a spittoon of any sort.

One of the two double-pointed teeth which intervene between the canines (cuspids) and the molars, on each side of each jaw. See Tooth, n.

Having two points or prominences; ending in two points; -- said of teeth, leaves, fruit, etc.

Multicuspidate; -- said of teeth.

Having many cusps or points.

Having three cusps, or points; tricuspidate; as, a tricuspid molar.

Three-pointed; ending in three points; as, a tricuspidate leaf.

stuca scabrella, and several kinds of Stipa are favorite bunch grasses. In Utah, Eriocoma cuspidata is a good bunch grass.

- Canine madness, hydrophobia. -- Canine toth, a toth situated between the incisor and bicuspid teeth, so called because well developen in dogs; usually, the third tooth from the front on each side of each jaw; an eyetooth, or the corresponding tooth in the lower jaw.

(Bot.), the ivy plant. Tennyson. -- Japanese ivy (Bot.), a climbing plant (Ampelopsis tricuspidata), closely related to the Virginia creeper. -- Poison ivy (Bot.), an American woody creeper (Rhus Toxicodendron), with trifoliate leaves, and greenish-white berries. It is exceedingly poisonous to the touch for most pers…

surface) (Geom.), the line along which a surface turns back upon itself; -- called also a cuspidal edge. -- Regression point (Geom.), a cusp.

A spitbox; a cuspidor.

Having three acute or setigerous points; tricuspidate.

Having or designating teeth with three cusps or tubercles; tricuspid.