tʌsk n. & v. --n. 1 a long
pointed tooth,
esp. protruding
from a
closed mouth, as in
the elephant,
walrus, etc. 2 a tusklike tooth or
other object. --v.tr. gore,
thrust at, or tear up
with a tusk or tusks. øtusk
shell 1
any of
various molluscs of the
class Scaphopoda. 2
its long
tubular tusk-shaped shell. øøtusked adj. (also in comb.). tusky adj. [ME alt. of OE
tux var. of tusc:
cf. TUSH(2)]