Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Dentiscalpium

Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary, and Greek Lexicon (Rich, 1849)

DENTISCALP'IUM (ὀδοντόγλυφις). A tooth-pick. The choicest kinds were made out of the stalks to the leaves of the mastick tree (lentiscus); the inferior qualities from quills. Mart. xiv. 22. Id. iii. 82. Id. vi. 74. Id. vii. 53.