dogtooth
[dawg-tooth, dog-]
- Also dog tooth. a canine tooth.
- 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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Origin of dogtooth
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Case in point: The Greek film Dogtooth is one of this year's five nominees for best foreign film.
But the Academy is not really helping the cause by nominating audience-unfriendly films like Dogtooth.
A dozen movies far superior to Dogtooth or Outside the Law were bewilderingly overlooked.
Who are these experts who justify the inclusion of Dogtooth?
Historical Examples
A dogtooth violet, commonly called avalanche lily, is abundant.
Your National ParksEnos A. Mills
The sub-arches appear to be about the same date as the transept vaulting, as they have the dogtooth ornament in their mouldings.
Bell's Cathedrals: Chichester (1901)Hubert C. Corlette
Hollows of irregular curve sometimes filled with dogtooth ornament or with foliage.
ArchitectureThomas Roger Smith
Nearly all are highly 45enriched with dogtooth; while the mouldings of the west door have conventional foliage as well.
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of ElyW. D. Sweeting
Contemplative between their dark exotic leaves, dogtooth violets fill the light-flecked hollows.
Minstrel WeatherMarian Storm
dogtooth
- another name for a canine (def. 3)
- 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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