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† tuscle Obs.
Forms: 1, 4 tuxl, 6 tussle, tuscle.
[OE. *tuscel, tuxl, derivative of tusc, tux, tusk n.1]
= tusk n.1 1.
c1000Sax. Leechd. II. 104 Wið onfealle ᵹefoh fóx asleah of cucum þone tuxl. a1400Octouian 929 Twey tuxlys out of hys mouth set, As of a bore. 1600F. Walker Sp. Mandeville 10 b, This man..was borne..with all the teeth and tussles which he nowe hath. Ibid. 25 b, Her teeth and tussles..began to bud and growe out anew. Ibid. 149 A wilde Boare, with two great tuscles shooting aboue foure spans out of his mouth. |