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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In dentistry, a fine frame-saw for sawing off a natural tooth in order to set an artificial pivot-tooth, for sawing between teeth which are overcrowded, etc.
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Examples
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Anselmo waved before his comrade's eyes a narrow little tooth-saw.
The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume I Jules Lermina 1877
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