† denturen.1
Obsolete.
= indenture n.
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society > law > legal obligation > contract > [noun] > written contract or text of > indenture
indenture1423
denturec1460
tripartite1480
indent1589
indentment1598
c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn l. 2791 An entre [that]..as a dentour wriythe.
1481–90 Howard Househ. Bks. (Roxb.) 348 As it perith be dentor..lix. bales of Gene wode.
1541 Schole House of Women sig. Dv Of you, they haue no deynture.
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denturen.2
rare.
Indentation, indent.
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > condition or action of indentation of edge > [noun] > an indentation in the edge
dentinga1425
dent1552
indent1598
insection1653
denture1685
indentationa1728
1685 Act 1 Jas. II (Parish St. James's, Westm.) c. 22 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.
1822 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 12 532 Those clear atmospheres..allow every denture of the chisel to be conspicuous.
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denturen.3
/ˈdɛntjʊə/ A set of teeth; esp. of artificial teeth.
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the world > health and disease > healing > dentistry > [noun] > denture
ratelier1812
plate1845
mineral teeth1851
denture1874
tooth-plate1880
teeth-plate1897
gnasher1919
snapper1924
chopper1937
1874 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. I. 685/2 An instrument for matching the dentures of upper and lower jaw.
1882 Worcs. Exhib. Catal. iii. 58 Specimens of dentures in wax, before vulcanizing.
1891 Pall Mall Gaz. 21 Aug. 5/2 Method of preventing anterior and lateral movements in artificial dentures in edentulous cases.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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