Meaning of tooth-comb | Babel Free

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Noun. [B2]

Examples

“When the Arabs speak⟳ of things as alike in respect⟳ of good qualities, they call⟳ them 'as like⟳ as the teeth of a tooth-comb;' whereas, if they speak⟳ of similarity in bad qualities, they say⟳ 'as like⟳ as the teeth of an ass.'”

“Thin-skinned dunces, too, in power, hate⟳ satire, to use⟳ Sidney [i.e., Sydney] Smith's simile, for the same reason⟳ as "fleas detest tooth-combs," because they cannot escape⟳ it.”

“Must interest⟳ has centered on the first appearance of the prosimian tooth-comb or tooth-scraper [...]. The tooth-comb is formed by lower incisors and canines that are elongated and slender, and that form⟳ a procumbent unit in the anterior mandible. Upper incisors are lost, reduced, or moved to accommodate the tooth-comb.”

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