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denticle, n. (a.)|ˈdɛntɪk(ə)l|
[ad. L. denticulus, dim. of dent-em tooth. Cf. denticule.]
1. A small tooth or tooth-like projection. (In quot. 1391, a pointer on the ‘rete’ of the astrolabe.)
c1391Chaucer Astrol. i. §23 Thin Almury is cleped the denticle of capricorne or elles the kalkuler. 1578Lyte Dodoens i. xcix. 140 Leaves dented round aboute with small denticles. 1761Gaertner in Phil. Trans. LII. 81, 5 small denticles, that surround a cavity placed in their middle. 1877Huxley Anat. Inv. Anim. v. 237 Two powerful teeth..besides minute accessory denticles. 1881Mivart in Nature No. 615. 337 A sharp tooth, or denticle, at the inner side of the base of each claw.
2. Arch. = dentil.
1674Blount Glossogr., Denticle..also that part of the Chapiter of a Pillar, which is cut and graven like teeth. 1723Chambers tr. Le Clerc's Treat. Archit. I. 40 The distances of the Columns..are adjusted by a certain number of Denticles..the first Denticle A, and the last B, being each cut..by the..Axes of the Columns. Ibid. 43 The Denticle is that large square Moulding underneath the Ovolo. 1761Kirby Perspect. Architect. 39 From the dentals already drawn the others are to be taken, and also the denticles.
†B. adj. Toothed, denticulated. Obs.
1574Eden tr. Taisner's de Natura Magnetis Ded., Turned or moued with certayne litle denticle wheeles. |