[syn: tusk, detusk]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Torsk \Torsk\, n. [Dan.; akin to Icel. [thorn]orskr a codfish,
G. dorsch.] (Zool.)
(a) The cusk. See Cusk.
(b) The codfish. Called also tusk.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Tusk \Tusk\ (t[u^]sk), n. (Zool.)
Same as Torsk.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Tusk \Tusk\, n. [OE. tusk, the same word as tusch, AS. tusc. See
Tush a tooth.]
1. (Zool.) One of the elongated incisor or canine teeth of
the wild boar, elephant, etc.; hence, any long, protruding
tooth.
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2. (Zool.) A toothshell, or Dentalium; -- called also
tusk-shell.
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3. (Carp.) A projecting member like a tenon, and serving the
same or a similar purpose, but composed of several steps,
or offsets. Thus, in the illustration, a is the tusk, and
each of the several parts, or offsets, is called a tooth.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Tusk \Tusk\ (t[u^]sk), v. i.
To bare or gnash the teeth. [Obs.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Cusk \Cusk\ (k[u^]sk), n. (Zool.)
A large, edible, marine fish (Brosmius brosme), allied to
the cod, common on the northern coasts of Europe and America;
-- called also tusk and torsk.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
tusk
n 1: a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of
the tusks of elephants and walruses [syn: ivory, tusk]
2: a long pointed tooth specialized for fighting or digging;
especially in an elephant or walrus or hog
v 1: stab or pierce with a horn or tusk; "the rhino horned the
explorer" [syn: horn, tusk]
2: remove the tusks of animals; "tusk an elephant" [syn: tusk,
detusk]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
36 Moby Thesaurus words for "tusk":
baby tooth, bicuspid, bucktooth, canine, crown, cuspid, cutter,
deciduous tooth, dent, denticle, denticulation, dentil, dentition,
dogtooth, eyetooth, fang, fore tooth, gagtooth, gang tooth,
gold tooth, gore, grinder, horn, incisor, milk tooth, molar, peg,
permanent tooth, pivot tooth, premolar, scrivello, snag,
snaggletooth, tooth, tush, wisdom tooth