cuspid, n. and a.
(ˈkʌspɪd)
[ad. F. cuspide or L. cuspid-em: see cusp.]
A. n.
† 1. Geom. = cusp 4. Obs.
| 1743 Phil. Trans. XLII. 334 Points of contrary Flexure and Cuspids. |
2. A cusped or cuspidate tooth.
| 1878 L. P. Meredith Teeth 47 The incisors are called often..the ‘front teeth’; the upper cuspids, canine and ‘eye teeth’. |
B. adj. = cuspidate. (Syd. Soc. Lex. 1882.)