serrature
(ˈsɛrətjʊə(r), -tʃə(r))
[ad. L. serrātūra, f. serrātus: see serrate a. and -ure.]
= serration.
| 1541 R. Copland Guydon's Quest. Cyrurg. F j b, In the top of euery of the other extremytees in cuttynge is a bowed sarrature which is composed with an addycion very subtylly made and bred there. a 1725 Woodward Catal. For. Fossils ii. 25 The Serratures towards the Point are wanting in this Tooth. 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. iii. v. (1765) 181 Duplicato-serrate,..when there is a twofold Serrature, the less upon the greater. 1802 Bingley Anim. Biog. (1813) II. 319 The edges of the mandibles are marked with sharp serratures. 1863 M. J. Berkeley Brit. Mosses iii. 15 The serratures consisting..merely of cells projecting beyond their neighbours. 1880 Günther Fishes 115 In Petromyzon this serrature is absent, or but faintly indicated. |