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 a continuation of it when the
remainder is carried up.
Toothing plane, a plane of which the iron is formed into a series of
small teeth, for the purpose of roughening surfaces, as of veneers.
Tooth"less, a. Having no teeth. Cowper.
Tooth"let (?), n. A little tooth, or like projection.
Tooth"let*ed, a. Having a toothlet or toothlets; as, a toothleted leaf.
[Written also toothletted.]
Tooth"pick` (?), n. A pointed instument for clearing the teeth of
substances lodged between them.
Tooth"pick`er (?), n. A toothpick. [Obs.] Shak.
Tooth"shell" (?), n. (Zoöl.) Any species of Dentalium and allied genera
having a tooth-shaped shell. See Dentalium.
Tooth"some (?), a. Grateful to the taste; palatable. — Tooth"some*ly,
adv. - - Tooth"some*ness, n.
Though less toothsome to me, they were more wholesome for me.
Fuller.
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.
Tooth"y (?), a. Toothed; with teeth. [R] Croxall.