sb. and a. [ad. F. cuspide or L. cuspid-em: see CUSP.]

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  A.  sb. † 1. Geom. = CUSP 4. Obs.

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1743.  Phil. Trans., XLII. 334. Points of contrary Flexure and Cuspids.

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  2.  A cusped or cuspidate tooth.

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1878.  L. P. Meredith, Teeth, 47. The incisors are called often … the ‘front teeth’; the upper cuspids, canine and ‘eye teeth.’

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  B.  adj. CUSPIDATE. (Syd. Soc. Lex., 1882.)

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