The act or process of indenting or furnishing with teeth.
2.
(Masonry) Bricks alternately projecting at the end of a wall, in order that they may be bonded into a continuation of it when the remainder is carried up.
Toothing plane, a plane of which the iron is formed into a series of small teeth, for the purpose of roughening surfaces, as of veneers.
... hardwood having a shiny surface are usually carefully roughened with a fine toothing plane ... — Woodwork Joints - How they are Set Out, How Made and Where Used. • William Fairham