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toothing

British  
/ ˈtuːθɪŋ /

noun

  1. slang the practice of attempting to intitiate sex with strangers through text messages sent using Bluetooth telephone technology

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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It frequently happens, that during Dentition, or the Time of their toothing, Children prove subject to Knots or Kernels.

From Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health by Tissot, S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David)

Then comes a softening process to prepare the files for the men who grind or file them to a true form, and for toothing.

From A Month in Yorkshire by White, Walter

So in toothing, fits of convulsion with stupor frequently occur, and cease when the tooth advances; but this is not to be expected in advanced life.

From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus

The strange feature in this case is the zig-zag "toothing" which is employed to represent the jaws.

From In Search of Gravestones Old and Curious by Vincent, W.T. (William Thomas)

The depth of the toothing is 10 mm.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 441, June 14, 1884. by Various

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