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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

molaris

, fr.

mola

mill, fr.

molere

to grind in a mill. See

the machine.]

Having power to grind; grinding;

as, the

molar

teeth

; also, of or pertaining to the molar teeth.

Bacon.

Noun.

(Anat.)

Any one of the teeth back of the incisors and canines. The molars which replace the deciduous or milk teeth are designated as

premolars

, and those which are not preceded by deciduous teeth are sometimes called

true molars

. See

Adj.

[L. molaris.] Having power to grind; grinding; as the molar teeth.