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Incisor definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INCI'SOR, n. [L.] A cutter; a fore tooth, which cuts, bites or separates.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a tooth for cutting or gnawing; located in the front of the mouth in both jaws

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1666 a front tooth typically adapted for cutting; especially one of the cutting teeth in mammals located between the canines when canines are present — see tooth illustration

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a cutting-tooth, esp. at the front of the mouth. Etymology: med.L, = cutter (as INCISE)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Incisor In*ci"sor (?; 277), n. [NL.] (Anat.) One of the teeth in front of the canines in either jaw; an incisive tooth. See Tooth.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Incisor In*ci"sor, a. Adapted for cutting; of or pertaining to the incisors; incisive; as, the incisor nerve; an incisor foramen; an incisor tooth.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(incisors) Your incisors are the teeth at the front of your mouth which you use for biting into food. N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Cutting tooth.

Moby Thesaurus

baby tooth, bicuspid, bucktooth, canine, crown, cuspid, cutter, deciduous tooth, dent, denticle, denticulation, dentil, dentition, dogtooth, eyetooth, fang, fore tooth, gagtooth, gang tooth, gold tooth, grinder, milk tooth, molar, peg, permanent tooth, pivot tooth, premolar, scrivello, snag, snaggletooth, tooth, tush, tusk, wisdom tooth