teething

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

TEE'THING, participle present tense Breeding teeth; undergoing dentition. TEE'THING, noun The operation or process of the first growth of teeth, or the process by which they make their way through the gums, called dentition.
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