Tooth : (noun)
1: hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used
for biting and chewing or for attack and defense
2: something resembling the tooth of an animal
3: toothlike structure in invertebrates found in the mouth or
alimentary canal or on a shell
4: a means of enforcement; "the treaty had no teeth in it"
5: one of a number of uniform projections on a gear
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Tooth : \Tooth\, n.; pl. Teeth. [OE. toth,tooth, AS. t[=o][eth];
akin to OFries. t[=o]th, OS. & D. tand, OHG. zang, zan, G.
zahn, Icel. t["o]nn, Sw. & Dan. tand, Goth. tumpus, Lith.
dantis, W. dant, L. dens, dentis, Gr. 'odoy`s, 'odo`ntos,
Skr. danta; probably originally the p. pr. of the verb to
eat. [root]239. Cf. Eat, Dandelion, Dent the tooth of a
wheel, Dental, Dentist, Indent, Tine of a fork,
Tusk. ]
1. (Anat.) One of the hard, bony appendages which are borne
on the jaws, or on other bones in the walls of the mouth
or pharynx of most vertebrates, and which usually aid in
the prehension and mastication of food.
Note: The hard parts of teeth are principally made up of
dentine, or ivory, and a very hard substance called
enamel. These are variously combined in different
animals. Each tooth consist of three parts, a crown, or
body, projecting above the gum, one or more fangs
imbedded in the jaw, and the neck, or intermediate
part. In some animals one or more of the teeth are
modified into tusks which project from the mouth, as in
both sexes of the elephant and of the walrus, and in
the male narwhal. In adult man there are thirty-two
teeth, composed largely of dentine, but the crowns are
covered with enamel, and the fangs with a layer of bone
called cementum. Of the eight teeth on each half of
each jaw, the two in front are incisors, then come one
canine, cuspid, or dog tooth, two bicuspids, or false
molars, and three molars, or grinding teeth. The milk,
or temporary, teeth are only twenty in number, there
being two incisors, one canine, and two molars on each
half of each jaw. The last molars, or wisdom teeth,
usually appear long after the others, and occasionally
do not appear above the jaw at all.
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is To have
a thankless child ! --Shak.
2. Fig.: Taste; palate.
These are not dishes for thy dainty tooth. --Dryden.
3. Any projection corresponding to the tooth of an animal, in
shape, position, or office; as, the teeth, or cogs, of a
cogwheel; a tooth, prong, or tine, of a fork; a tooth, or
the teeth, of a rake, a saw, a file, a card.
4.
(a) A projecting member resembling a tenon, but fitting
into a mortise that is only sunk, not pierced through.
(b) One of several steps, or offsets, in a tusk. See
Tusk.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Tooth : \Tooth\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Toothed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Toothing.]
1. To furnish with teeth.
The twin cards toothed with glittering wire.
--Wordsworth.
2. To indent; to jag; as, to tooth a saw.
3. To lock into each other. See Tooth, n., 4. --Moxon.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Tooth : one of the particulars regarding which retaliatory punishment
was to be inflicted (Ex. 21:24; Lev. 24:20; Deut. 19:21).
"Gnashing of teeth" =rage, despair (Matt. 8:12; Acts 7:54);
"cleanness of teeth" =famine (Amos 4:6); "children's teeth set
on edge" =children suffering for the sins of their fathers
(Ezek. 18:2).
Based on Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [Bible_Dictionary]:
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Tooth : Tooth: The structures within the mouth that allow for biting and chewing. Teeth have different shapes, depending on their purpose. The sharp canine and frontal teeth allow for biting, while
the flattened, thick molars in the back of the mouth provide grinding surfaces for masticating food. All teeth have essentially the same structure: a hard crown above the gum line, which is attached to
two or four roots by a portion called the neck. The roots are covered with a very thin layer of bone, and keep the tooth embedded in the bones of the jaw. The exposed exterior of the tooth is covered
with tough enamel. Under the enamel is a thick layer of dentin, and in the center is the pulp. Blood vessels and nerves are found within the pulp.
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