foretooth
Americannoun
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foreteeth
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
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
His foreteeth were very long and sharp, and came without his mouth, which was deep like that of a horse.
From The Arabian Nights Entertainments - Volume 01 by Anonymous
It is effected by the four upper and lower foreteeth.
From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Henry Yule
The fawns are of a reddish hue the first season, during which they cut their foreteeth.
From Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland by Carl von Linn?
The Duke of Southampton, who was a most lovely youth, had two foreteeth that grew out, very unhandsome.
From The Natural History of Wiltshire by John Aubrey
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