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▪ I. † ˈdenture1 Obs.
Also dentor, dentour.
Aphetic form of indenture.
c1400Beryn 2791 An entre [þat] as a dentour wriythe. 1481–90Howard Househ. Bks. (Roxb.) 348 As it perith be dentor..lix. bales of Gene wode. 1541Schole-ho. Women 837 in Hazl. E.P.P. IV. 137 Of you I haue no denture.
▪ II. ˈdenture2 rare.
Also 7 denter.
[f. dent v. + -ure.]
Indentation, indent.
1685Act 1 Jas. II, c. 22 (Parish St. James's, Westm.). Crossing from the south-west corner of the wall of the said house in the said Portugal Street to the middle denter thereof..Proceeding from the said middle denter westwards. 1822Blackw. Mag. XII. 532 Those clear atmospheres..allow every denture of the chisel to be conspicuous.
▪ III. denture3|ˈdɛntjʊə(r)|
[a. F. denture (14–15th c. denteüre in Hatzf.), f. dent tooth: see -ure.]
A set of teeth; esp. of artificial teeth.
1874Knight Dict. Mech. I. 685/2 An instrument for matching the dentures of upper and lower jaw. 1882Worcester Exhib. Catal. iii. 58 Specimens of dentures in wax, before vulcanizing. 1891Pall Mall G. 21 Aug. 5/2 Method of preventing anterior and lateral movements in artificial dentures in edentulous cases. |