Bible Dictionaries
Tusk

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. i.) To bare or gnash the teeth.

(2):

(n.) A projecting member like a tenon, and serving the same or a similar purpose, but composed of several steps, or offsets. Thus, in the illustration, a is the tusk, and each of the several parts, or offsets, is called a tooth.

(3):

(n.) A toothshell, or Dentalium; - called also tusk-shell.

(4):

(n.) One of the elongated incisor or canine teeth of the wild boar, elephant, etc.; hence, any long, protruding tooth.

(5):

(n.) Same as Torsk.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Tusk'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​t/tusk.html. 1828.