a. [ From Dent, v. t. ] Indented; impressed with little hollows. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Same as Dentil. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ F. ] (Bookbinding) An ornamental tooling like lace. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ It., sing. dentello, prop., little tooth, dim. of dente tooth, L. dens, dentis. Cf. Dentil. ] Modillions. Spectator. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ NL., cf. L. dentix a sort of sea fish. ] (Zool.) An edible European marine fish (Sparus dentex, or Dentex vulgaris) of the family