dogtooth
Americannoun
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Also dog tooth a canine tooth.
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Architecture. any of a series of small pyramidal ornaments, usually formed by a radiating arrangement of four sculptured leaves, set close together in a concave molding, used especially in England in the 13th century.
noun
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another name for a canine
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architect a carved ornament in the form of four leaflike projections radiating from a raised centre, used in England in the 13th century
Etymology
Origin of dogtooth
Example Sentences
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There are also local wildflowers - trillium, dogtooth violets and cornflowers from ditches.
From BBC • Oct. 18, 2019
“It’s such an unusual application of what I do,” she says, whose mustard turban and dogtooth trousers mark her out as distinct from the be-fleeced CSIs.
From The Guardian • Mar. 3, 2019
The three of us were dressed in our Italia Conti uniforms: a pale blue dogtooth kilt, a dark blue V-neck sweater, shirt, blazer, tie.
From The Guardian • Mar. 19, 2016
Surprise elements: weasel fur as a back panel on a coat; dogtooth prints and digitally expanded flower patterns.
From New York Times • Jan. 14, 2013
And one tall yellow flower was called a dogtooth violet but was different and was really an adder’s-tongue.
From "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen
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