tusk.html - n. & v.
--n.

1 a long pointed tooth, esp. protruding from a closed mouth, as in the elephant, walrus, etc.
2 a tusklike tooth or other object.

--v.

tr. gore, thrust at, or tear up with a tusk or tusks.

tusk shell 1 any of various molluscs of the class Scaphopoda.
2 its long tubular tusk-shaped shell.

tusked adj. (also in comb.). tusky adj. [ME alt. of OE tux var. of tusc: cf. TUSH(2)]

tusk.html - n.
an elephant or wild boar with well-developed tusks.

tusk.html - n. & adj.
--n.

1 an inhabitant of Tuscany in central Italy.
2 the classical Italian language of Tuscany.

--adj.

1 of or relating to Tuscany or the Tuscans.
2 Archit. denoting the least ornamented of the classical orders.

Tuscan straw fine yellow wheat-straw used for hats etc. [ME f. F f. L Tuscanus f. Tuscus Etruscan]

tusk.html - int.
archaic expressing strong disapproval or scorn. [ME: imit.]

tusk.html - n.
1 a long pointed tooth, esp. a canine tooth of a horse.
2 an elephant's short tusk. [OE tusc TUSK]

tusk.html - n. & v.
--n.

1 a long pointed tooth, esp. protruding from a closed mouth, as in the elephant, walrus, etc.
2 a tusklike tooth or other object.

--v.

tr. gore, thrust at, or tear up with a tusk or tusks.

tusk shell 1 any of various molluscs of the class Scaphopoda.
2 its long tubular tusk-shaped shell.

tusked adj. (also in comb.). tusky adj. [ME alt. of OE tux var. of tusc: cf. TUSH(2)]