Vocabulary : Tuscan to Tusk-shell

Tuscan : Of or pertaining to Tuscany in Italy; -- specifically designating one of the five orders of architecture recognized and described by the Italian writers of the 16th century, or characteristic of the order. The original of this order was not used by the Greeks, but by the Romans under the Empire. See Order, and Illust. of Capital. ;; A native or inhabitant of Tuscany.
Tuscaroras : A tribe of North American Indians formerly living on the Neuse and Tar rivers in North Carolina. They were conquered in 1713, after which the remnant of the tribe joined the Five Nations, thus forming the Six Nations. See Six Nations, under Six.
Tusche : Alt. of Tousche
Tuscor : A tush of a horse.
Tush : An exclamation indicating check, rebuke, or contempt; as, tush, tush! do not speak of it. ;; A long, pointed tooth; a tusk; -- applied especially to certain teeth of horses.

Tushe : Alt. of Tousche
Tusk : Same as Torsk. ;; One of the elongated incisor or canine teeth of the wild boar, elephant, etc.; hence, any long, protruding tooth. ;; A toothshell, or Dentalium; -- called also tusk-shell. ;; A projecting member like a tenon, and serving the same or a similar purpose, but composed of several steps, or offsets. Thus, in the illustration, a is the tusk, and each of the several parts, or offsets, is called a tooth. ;; To bare or gnash the teeth.
Tusked : Furnished with tusks.
Tusker : A large wild boar. ;; An elephant having large tusks.
Tusk-shell : See 2d Tusk, n., 2.

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