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dogtooth

[ dawg-tooth, dog- ]

noun

  1. Also dog tooth. a canine tooth.
  2. 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.


dogtooth

/ ˈdɒɡˌtuːθ /

noun

  1. another name for a canine
  2. architect a carved ornament in the form of four leaflike projections radiating from a raised centre, used in England in the 13th century
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of dogtooth1

First recorded in 1545–55; dog + tooth
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Example Sentences

There are also local wildflowers - trillium, dogtooth violets and cornflowers from ditches.

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And one tall yellow flower was called a dogtooth violet but was different and was really an adder’s-tongue.

Tweed two pieces, dogtooth coats and feather dresses also featured for those who preferred Apres-ski over slopes.

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“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.

Wearing matching dogtooth suits and playing an exuberant cover of the Ghostbusters theme, they were literally the best thing we saw all weekend.

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