Toothdrawer
Tooth″draw′er (?), n. One whose business it is to extract teeth with instruments; a dentist. Shak.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Toothed
Toothed (?), a. 1. Having teeth; furnished with teeth. “Ruby-lipped and toothed with pearl.” Herrick.2. (Bot. & Zoöl.) Having marginal projecting points; dentate.Toothed whale(Z...
Toothful
Tooth″ful (?), a. Toothsome.
Toothing
Tooth″ing, n. 1. The act or process of indenting or furnishing with teeth.2. (Masonry) Bricks alternately projecting at the end of a wall, in order that they may be bonded into ...
Toothless
Tooth″less, a. Having no teeth. Cowper.
Toothlet
Tooth″let (?), n. A little tooth, or like projection.
Toothleted
Tooth″let‐ed, a. Having a toothlet or toothlets; as, a toothleted leaf. [Written also toothletted.]
Toothpick
Tooth″pick′ (?), n. A pointed instument for clearing the teeth of substances lodged between them.
Toothpicker
Tooth″pick′er (?), n. A toothpick. Shak.
Toothshell
Tooth″shell″ (?), n.(Zoöl.) Any species of Dentalium and allied genera having a tooth-shaped shell. See Dentalium.
Toothsome
Tooth″some (?), a. Grateful to the taste; palable. — Tooth″some‐ly, adv. — Tooth″some‐ness, n.Though less toothsome to me, they were more wholesome for me. Fuller.
Toothwort
Tooth″wort′ (?), n.(Bot.)A plant whose roots are fancied to resemble teeth, as certain plants of the genus Lathræa, and various species of Dentaria. See Coralwort.
Toothy
Tooth″y (?), a. Toothed; with teeth. Croxall.
Tootle
Too″tle (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Tootled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Tootling (?).] [Freq. of toot.] To toot gently, repeatedly, or continuously, on a wind instrument, as a flute; also, ...
Toozoo
Too‐zoo″ (?), n. The ringdove.
Top
Top (?), n. [CF. OD. dop, top, OHG., MNG., & dial. G. topf; perhaps akin to G. topf a pot.] 1. A child's toy, commonly in the form of a conoid or pear, made to spin on its point...
Top (2)
Top (?), n. [AS. top; akin to OFries. top a tuft, D. top top, OHG. zopf end, tip, tuft of hair, G. zopf tuft of hair, pigtail, top of a tree, Icel. toppr a tuft of hair, crest, ...
Top (3)
Top, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Topped (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Topping.] 1. To rise aloft; to be eminent; to tower; as, lofty ridges and topping mountains. Derham.2. To predominate; as, top...
Top (4)
Top, v. t. 1. To cover on the top; to tip; to cap; — chiefly used in the past participle.Like moving mountains topped with snow. Waller.A mountOf alabaster, topped with golden s...
Top (5)
Top, n.(Golf) (a) A stroke on the top of the ball. (b) A forward spin given to the ball by hitting it on or near the top. — From top to toe, from head to foot; altogether.
Top (6)
Top, v. t. 1. (Dyeing) To cover with another dye; as, to top aniline black with methyl violet to prevent greening and crocking.2. To put a stiffening piece or back on (a saw bla...
Top (7)
Top, v. i. 1. (Golf) To strike a ball above the center.2. (Naut.) To rise at one end, as a yard; — usually with up.
Top fermentation
Top fermentation. An alcoholic fermentation during which the yeast cells are carried to the top of the fermening liquid. It proceeds with some violence and requires a temperatur...
Top out
Top out. (Building) To top off; to finish by putting on a cap of top (uppermost) course (called a top`ping-out" course).
Top rake
Top rake. (Mech.) The angle that the front edge of the point of a tool is set back from the normal to the surface being cut.
Top-armor
Top″–ar′mor (?), n.(Naut.) A top railing supported by stanchions and equipped with netting.
Top-block
Top″–block′ (?), n.(Naut.) A large ironbound block strapped with a hook, and, when used, hung to an eyebolt in the cap, — used in swaying and lowering the topmast. Totten.