1. an elongated pointed tooth, usually one of a pair, extending outside of the mouth in certain animals such as the walrus, elephant, or wild boar. also called regionally tush2.
2. A long projecting tooth or toothlike part.
3. to gore or dig with the tusks or a tusk.

1. one of a pair of elongated pointed teeth that extend outside the mouth of an animal such as walrus, elephant or wild boar.
2. A small projection on a (tusk) tenon.
3. to dig up using a tusk, as boars do.
4. to bare or gnash the teeth.

1. same as torsk.
2. one of the elongated incisor or canine teeth of the wild boar, elephant, etc.; hence, any long, protruding tooth.
3. A toothshell, or Dentalium; -- called also tusk-shell.
4. 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.
5. to bare or gnash the teeth.

1. to gore with the tusks.
2. to move, turn, or thrust with the tusks.
3. to gnash the teeth, as a boar; show the tusks.
4. A long pointed tooth; especially, a tooth long enough to protrude from the lips when the mouth is closed.
5. A sharp projecting point resembling in some degree a tusk or tooth of an animal.
6. in locks, a sharp projecting point or claw which forms a means of attachment or engagement.
7. in carpentry, a bevel shoulder on a tenon to give it additional strength.
8. A tooth-shell. see Dentaliidæ, and cut under tooth-shell.
9. A fish: same as torsk.
10. A tuft; a bush.

1. a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses
2. a long pointed tooth specialized for fighting or digging; especially in an elephant or walrus or hog
3. remove the tusks of animals
4. stab or pierce with a horn or tusk