dogtooth

American  

[dawg-tooth, dog-] / ˈdɔgˌtuθ, ˈdɒg- /

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.

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dogtooth British  

/ 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

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Etymology

Origin of dogtooth

First recorded in 1545–55; dog + tooth

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Example Sentences

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dogtooth

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

Dressed in a dogtooth Altuzarra suit, a pair of wire-framed specs perched on her nose, Welteroth exudes a warm and approachable “big sister” vibe.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 25, 2017

It was all summed up by a cotton trench or a jacket with trompe l’oeil dogtooth check thrown over a wafty chiffon dress.

From New York Times ● Oct. 1, 2010

A mound of sort of fluffy mashed cattail tubers, mushrooms, and dogtooth violet bulbs, smothered in gravy thickened with acorn powder.

From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

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