Definition of Toothing

1. n. The act or process of indenting or furnishing with teeth.

Definition of Toothing

1. Noun. The act or process of indenting or furnishing with teeth. ¹

2. Noun. (construction) Bricks alternately projecting at the end of a wall, in order to be bonded into a continuation of it when the remainder is carried up. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Toothing

1. tooth [v] - See also: tooth

Lexicographical Neighbors of Toothing

toothed
toothed spurge
toothed sword fern
toothed vertebra
toothed whales
toothed wheel
toothedness
toothfish
toothfishes
toothful
toothfuls
toothier
toothiest
toothily
toothing (current term)
toothings
toothless
toothlessly
toothlessness
toothlet
toothleted
toothlets
toothlike
toothly
toothmug
toothmugs
toothpaste
toothpastes
toothpasty

Literary usage of Toothing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Zoonomia; Or, The Laws of Organic Life by Erasmus Darwin (1801)
"Diarrhoea from toothing. GENUS III. Catenated with Voluntary Motions, SPECIES. lingua. 1. ... toothing."

2. A Treatise on the Progressive Improvement and Present State of the by John Holland (1831)
"SHAPING AND toothing OF SAW BLADES. HARDENING AND TEMPERING. PLANISHING, OR SMITHING. — GRINDING AND GLAZING. FINISHING. OPINIONS RELATIVE TO THE TESTING OF ..."

3. Descriptive Catalogue of a Cabinet of Roman Family Coins Belonging to His by William Henry Smyth (1856)
"The fabric of this coin is masterly, and its serrated margin would indicate an earlier date:—" The use of toothing the edge," says Riccio, ..."

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