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
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
"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 Duke of Southampton, who was a most lovely youth, had two foreteeth that grew out, very unhandsome.
From The Natural History of Wiltshire by Aubrey, John
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
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