Defn: one of the appendages at the mouth of the capsule of a moss.
See Peristome.
6. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any hard calcareous or chitinous organ found in the mouth of various invertebrates and used in feeding or procuring food; as, the teeth of a mollusk or a starfish. In spite of the teeth, in defiance of opposition; in opposition to every effort. — In the teeth, directly; in direct opposition; in front. "Nor strive with all the tempest in my teeth." Pope. — To cast in the teeth, to report reproachfully; to taunt or insult one with. — Tooth and nail, as if by biting and scratching; with one's utmost power; by all possible means. L'Estrange. "I shall fight tooth and nail for international copyright." Charles Reade. — Tooth coralline (Zoöl.), any sertularian hydroid. — Tooth edge, the sensation excited in the teeth by grating sounds, and by the touch of certain substances, as keen acids. — Tooth key, an instrument used to extract teeth by a motion resembling that of turning a key. — Tooth net, a large fishing net anchored. [Scot.] Jamieson. — Tooth ornament. (Arch.) Same as Dogtooth, n., 2.Tooth paste, a paste for cleaning the teeth; a dentifrice. — Tooth powder, a powder for cleaning the teeth; a dentifrice. — Tooth rash. (Med.) See Red-gum, 1. — To show the teeth, to threaten. "When the Law shows her teeth, but dares not bite." Young. — To the teeth, in open opposition; directly to one's face. "That I shall live, and tell him to his teeth ." Shak.
TOOTH
Tooth, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Toothed; p. pr. & vb. n. Toothing.]
1. To furnish with teeth. The twin cards toothed with glittering wire. Wordsworth.
2. To indent; to jag; as, to tooth a saw.
3. To lock into each other. See Tooth, n., 4. Moxon.
TOOTHACHE
Tooth"ache`, n. (Med.)
Defn: Pain in a tooth or in the teeth; odontalgia. Toothache grass
(Bot.), a kind of grass (Ctenium Americanum) having a very pungent
taste.
— Toothache tree. (Bot.) (a) The prickly ash. (b) A shrub of the
genus Aralia (A. spinosa).
TOOTHBACK
Tooth"back`, n. (Zoöl.)