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Definition of Masticating
1. masticate [v] - See also: masticate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Masticating
Literary usage of Masticating
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1865)
"... the patient looks forward to enjoying a moderate degree of masticating power.
ART. ... masticating ..."
2. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science with Special by James Dwight Dana, ( (1880)
"Other remains of .sharks are the teeth or hones of the mouth. The masticating
apparatus in some of the ancient sharks, as in the ?ЕИ'-ш\ч-. — Fin 502. ..."
3. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science, with Special by James Dwight Dana (1876)
"The masticating apparatus in some of the ancient sharks, as in the Fie?. 502-512.
SELACHIANS. — Fig. ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... and gives a general smooth appearance to the organ when unworn ; but as the
wear consequent upon the masticating process proceeds, the alternate layers ..."
5. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1880)
"To work at or with anything quickly and constantly, as when kneading, churning,
masticating, &c., ..."
6. Tree Planting on Streets and Highways by William Freeman Fox (1903)
"The insects which kill or injure shade trees may be divided into three general
classes: (i) the leaf-devouring or masticating species; ..."
7. The International Journal of Orthodontia and Oral Surgery (1921)
"For length I took the distance from the mesial extremity of the incisive margin
of the central incisor to the centre of the distal margin of the masticating ..."