tusk´like´

tusk´like´
tusk «tuhsk», noun, verb.
–n.
1. a very long, pointed, projecting tooth. Elephants, walruses, and wild boars have two tusks; narwhals usually have only one tusk.
2. any tooth or part resembling a tusk.
3. a bevel or sloping shoulder on a tenon, used in woodworking for additional strength.
–v.t.
1. to wound with a tusk; gore.
2. to root or dig (up) or tear (off) with the tusks.
[Middle English tusk, Old English tusc, tux; see etym. under tush2 (Cf.tush)]
tusk´less, adjective.
tusk´like´, adjective.

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