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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1696
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Tenailes, n. pl. [e.m.E. tenals (1597), F. tenailles, L. tenācula.] Pincers, forceps. —1696 Creswell Royal Coll. Surgeons Edinb. 68.
A pair of tenailes incisive and a pair of tenailes for drawing of teeth
