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Dent [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Literally, a tooth or projecting point. But it is used to express a gap or notch, or rather a depression or small hollow in a solid body; a hollow made by the pressure of a harder body on a softer; indentation. In this sense, it is in customary use in the United States.

2. A stroke.

Dent [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To make a dent or small hollow.

Dent [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A stroke; a blow.

2. A slight depression, or small notch or hollow, made by a blow or by pressure; an indentation.

3. A tooth, as of a card, a gear wheel, etc.

Dent [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To make a dent upon; to indent.

Dental [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Pertaining to the teeth. In grammar, formed or pronounced by the teeth, with the aid of the tongue; as, D and T are dental letters.

Dental [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. An articulation or letter formed by placing the end of the tongue against the upper teeth, or against the gum that covers the root of the upper teeth, as D, T, and Th.

2. A genus of shell-fish, Dentalium, of several species. The shell consists of one tubulous straight valve, open at both ends.

Dental [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Of or pertaining to the teeth or to dentistry; as, dental surgery.

2. Formed by the aid of the teeth; -- said of certain articulations and the letters representing them; as, d t are dental letters.

3. An articulation or letter formed by the aid of the teeth.

4. A marine mollusk of the genus Dentalium, with a curved conical shell resembling a tooth. See Dentalium.

Dentalism [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The quality of being formed by the aid of the teeth.

Dentalite [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A fossil shell of the genus Dentalium.

Dentalium [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A genus of marine mollusks belonging to the Scaphopoda, having a tubular conical shell.

Dentary [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Pertaining to, or bearing, teeth.

Dentary [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The distal bone of the lower jaw in many animals, which may or may not bear teeth.

Dentate [\N] Webster's Dictionary 1828

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Dentate [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Toothed; notched.

2. In botany, a dentated root is one that consists of a concatenation of joints, resembling a necklace.

3. A dentate leaf is one that has horizontal points, with a space between each, or points in the plane of the disk, or having points like teeth on the margin.

Dentate [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Alt. of Dentated

Dentate-ciliate [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Having the margin dentate and also ciliate or fringed with hairs.

Dentate-sinuate [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Having a form intermediate between dentate and sinuate.

Dentated [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Toothed; especially, with the teeth projecting straight out, not pointed either forward or backward; as, a dentate leaf.

2. Having teeth or toothlike points. See Illust. of Antennae.

Dentately [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

In a dentate or toothed manner; as, dentately ciliated, etc.

Dentation [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Formation of teeth; toothed form.

Dentato-sinuate [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Having points like teeth with hollows about the edge.

Dented [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Indented; impressed with little hollows.

Dented [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Dent

Dented [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Indented; impressed with little hollows.

Dentel [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Same as Dentil.

Dentelle [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

An ornamental tooling like lace.

Dentelli [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Modillions.

Dentelli [Noun plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Modillions.

Dentex [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

An edible European marine fish (Sparus dentex, or Dentex vulgaris) of the family Percidae.

Dential [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Of or pertaining to dentine.

Denticete [Noun plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The division of Cetacea in which the teeth are developed, including the sperm whale, dolphins, etc.