52 ILLUSTRATED STOCK DOCTOR. 



We close the chiiptcr with a short vocabulary, by reference to whiclb 

 the reader may more readily api)rehend the meaning of the terms 

 Employed in the ensuing chart. 



Incisor. — A cutter ; a fore-tooth which cuts or bites. In the horse, 

 those twelve teeth, six in the upper jaw, six in the lower, which are 

 surrounded by the lips, are called incisors. 



Grinder. — As used in the present chapter, it denotes the hard, grating, 

 upper portion of the front teeth. 



Line. — One-twelfth of an inch. 



IVIark. — As used with reference to horse teeth, it denotes that depres- 

 t;ion in the grinder lying inside the sharp edges and adjacent to them. 



Nippers. — ^Those two teeth in each jaw that occupy the middle of the 

 semi-circular row. 



Corner Teeth. — The two outer of the six front teeth in each jaw. 



Middle Teeth. — The teeth between the nippers and the comer teeth. 



Hooks. — Four teeth, two in each jaw, situated over corner teeth, or 

 beyond the incisors, reckoning from the front of the lips, and having a 

 cylindrical and somewhat hooked shape. 



Milk Teeth. — The front teeth of a foal which appear at about thre9 

 flDonths of age and are cast within two or three years. 



