foretooth
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of foretooth
before 1000; Middle English, Old English for teth (plural). See fore-, tooth
Example Sentences
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His chisel-like foreteeth bit steadily and he felt the dry strands rip.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
"Mabásim"; plur. of Mabsim, a smiling mouth which shows the foreteeth.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 12 [Supplement] by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
The fawns are of a reddish hue the first season, during which they cut their foreteeth.
From Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland by Linn?, Carl von
It biteth also very venomously, and leaveth foure small perforations made by her foure foreteeth.
From The Doctor in History, Literature, Folk-Lore, Etc. by Various
Possessed of sharp foreteeth and having eyes that resembled the stones called lapis lazuli, the cat called Lomasa, gently eyeing the mouse, answered as follows: 'I am delighted with thee, O amiable one!
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan
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