Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An instrument for scraping or cleaning the teeth.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun An instrument for scraping the teeth.

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  • noun An instrument for scraping the teeth; a toothpick.

Etymologies

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Latin dens tooth + scalpere to scrape.

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  • A toothpick. From Latin dens, 'tooth' and scalpere, 'to scratch.'

    ..This word makes me very uncomfortable.

    July 11, 2008