'Tusk' definitions:

Definition of 'tusk'

From: WordNet
noun
A hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses [syn: ivory, tusk]
noun
A long pointed tooth specialized for fighting or digging; especially in an elephant or walrus or hog
verb
Stab or pierce with a horn or tusk; "the rhino horned the explorer" [syn: horn, tusk]
verb
Remove the tusks of animals; "tusk an elephant" [syn: tusk, detusk]

Definition of 'Tusk'

From: GCIDE
  • Tusk \Tusk\ (t[u^]sk), n. (Zool.) Same as Torsk. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Tusk'

From: GCIDE
  • Tusk \Tusk\, n. [OE. tusk, the same word as tusch, AS. tusc. See Tush a tooth.]
  • 1. (Zool.) One of the elongated incisor or canine teeth of the wild boar, elephant, etc.; hence, any long, protruding tooth. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Zool.) A toothshell, or Dentalium; -- called also tusk-shell. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Carp.) 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Tusk'

From: GCIDE
  • Tusk \Tusk\ (t[u^]sk), v. i. To bare or gnash the teeth. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'tusk'

From: GCIDE
  • Torsk \Torsk\, n. [Dan.; akin to Icel. [thorn]orskr a codfish, G. dorsch.] (Zool.) (a) The cusk. See Cusk. (b) The codfish. Called also tusk. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'tusk'

From: GCIDE
  • Cusk \Cusk\ (k[u^]sk), n. (Zool.) A large, edible, marine fish (Brosmius brosme), allied to the cod, common on the northern coasts of Europe and America; -- called also tusk and torsk. [1913 Webster]