toothing
Britishnoun
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I swear this show is like a toothing puppy.
From The Verge
Stem 1° high; leaves, etc., as in the last; flowers white, rather smaller; petals spatulate, usually slightly cut or toothed at the apex; lip ovate- or lanceolate-oblong, with the irregular capillary fringe of the margins usually shorter than its disk, one third the length of the spur.—Peat bogs and borders of ponds, Newf. to N. J., west to Mich. and Minn. July.—Var. holopétala, Torr., has narrower petals with the toothing obsolete, and the lip less fringed.
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It frequently happens, that during Dentition, or the Time of their toothing, Children prove subject to Knots or Kernels.
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Then comes a softening process to prepare the files for the men who grind or file them to a true form, and for toothing.
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After the toothing, follows the hardening.
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