tusk
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views updated Jun 11 2018tusk / təsk/ •
n. a long, pointed tooth, esp. one specially developed so as to protrude from the closed mouth, as in the elephant, walrus, or wild boar. ∎ a long, tapering object or projection resembling such a tooth.DERIVATIVES: tusked adj.tusk·y adj. ( poetic/lit. ).
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
tusk
oxford
views updated Jun 11 2018tusk, tuss. Projecting
tenon or
toothing-stone left in a wall to enable another wall to be joined and bonded to it.
A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture JAMES STEVENS CURL
tusk
oxford
views updated Jun 08 2018tusk long pointed tooth. XIII. Metathetic alt. of OE.
tux (var. of
tusċ) = OFris.
tusk,
tosk.
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology T. F. HOAD
