Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Tusk"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Torsk \Torsk\, n. [Dan.; akin to Icel. [thorn]orskr a codfish,
G. dorsch.] (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The cusk. See {Cusk}.
(b) The codfish. Called also {tusk}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tusk \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tusk \Tusk\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Same as {Torsk}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tusk \Tusk\, v. i.
To bare or gnash the teeth. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cusk \Cusk\ (k?sk), n. (Zo["o]l.)
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}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
tusk
n 1: a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of
the tusks of elephants and walruses [syn: {ivory}]
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; of animals [syn: {horn}]
2: remove the tusks of animals [syn: {detusk}]
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