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a. (Bot. & Zool.) Having two teeth or two toothlike processes; two-toothed. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. curvus + E. dentate. ] Having curved teeth. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. decem ten + E. dentate. ] Having ten points or teeth. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Having the margin dentate and also ciliate or fringed with hairs. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. dentatus, fr. dens, dentis, tooth. ] 1. (Bot.) Toothed; especially, with the teeth projecting straight out, not pointed either forward or backward; as, a dentate leaf. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Having teeth or toothlike points. See Illust. of Antennæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a dentate or toothed manner; as, dentately ciliated, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Having a form intermediate between dentate and sinuate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Formation of teeth; toothed form. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

How did it [ a bill ] get its barb, its dentation? Paley. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖prop. n. pl. [ NL., neut. pl. from L. edentatus, p. p. of edentare to render toothless; e out + dens, dentis, tooth. ] (Zoöl.) An order of mammals including the armadillos, sloths, and anteaters; -- called also Bruta. The incisor teeth are rarely developed, and in some groups all the teeth are lacking. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Destitute of teeth; as, an edentate quadruped; an edentate leaf. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zoöl.) Belonging to the Edentata. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zoöl.) One of the Edentata. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Same as Edentate, a. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A depriving of teeth. [ R. ] Cockeram. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of indenting or state of being indented. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A notch or recess, in the margin or border of anything; as, the indentations of a leaf, of the coast, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A recess or sharp depression in any surface. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Print.) (a) The act of beginning a line or series of lines at a little distance within the flush line of the column or page, as in the common way of beginning the first line of a paragraph. (b) The measure of the distance; as, an indentation of one em, or of two ems. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hanging indentation, or
Reverse indentation, indentation of all the lines of a paragraph except the first, which is a full line; also called a hanging indent. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. latus broad + E. dentate. ] Broad-toothed. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Multi- + dentate. ] Having many teeth, or toothlike processes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Octo- + dentate. ] Having eight teeth. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Quadri- + dentate. ] Having four teeth; as, a quadridentate leaf. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Quinque- + dentate, -tated: cf. F. quinquédenté. ] Five-toothed; as, a quinquedentate leaf. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Having the teeth bent out of the plane of the lamina; -- said of a leaf. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ NL. tridentatus. See Trident. ] Having three teeth; three-toothed. Lee. [ 1913 Webster ]