1. 1. A pair of pinchers, or tongs; an instrument for grasping, holding firmly, or exerting traction upon, bodies which it would be inconvenient or impra...

2. 1. Of or pertaining to the teeth or to dentistry; as, _____ surgery. 2. (Phon.) Formed by the aid of the teeth; -- said of certain articulations and ...

3. Pertaining to, or resulting from, the process of growth; as, the _____ lines in the dentine of teeth.

4. Between globules; -- applied esp. to certain small spaces, surrounded by minute globules, in dentine.