Definitions for: Tusk

[n] a long pointed tooth specialized for fighting or digging; especially in an elephant or walrus or hog
[n] a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses
[v] remove the tusks of animals
[v] stab or pierce with a horn or tusk; of animals

Webster (1913) Definition: Tusk, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Same as Torsk.

Tusk, n. [OE. tusk, the same word as tusch, AS. tusc. See
Tush a tooth.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) One of the elongated incisor or canine teeth of
the wild boar, elephant, etc.; hence, any long, protruding
tooth.

2. (Zo["o]l.) A toothshell, or Dentalium; -- called also
tusk-shell.

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.

Tusk, v. i.
To bare or gnash the teeth. [Obs.]

Synonyms: detusk, horn, ivory

See Also: dentin, dentine, ivory, pierce, remove, take, take away, thrust, tooth, tusk, tusk, tusker, withdraw

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