teth
Americannoun
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the ninth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
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the consonant sound represented by this letter.
noun
Etymology
Origin of teth
From Hebrew
Example Sentences
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There is redundancy in the two forms for k, namely kaph and koph; in the two for t, namely teth and tau; and in the two for s, namely samech and shin.
From History of Phoenicia by Rawlinson, George
And he anon the teth outdrouh, And sette his Oxen in a plouh, 3720 With which he brak a piece of lond And sieu hem with his oghne hond.
From Confessio Amantis, or, Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins by Macaulay, G. C. (George Campbell)
"Notiss I will not klene my teth agen onles I get a nikle a weak Malcolm Dale."
From Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale by Smith, Harriet L.
Thy teth also ne pike not with the knyff ...
From A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance by Jusserand, Jean Jules
The Wolfe deuoureth and ea- teth of his praie all in feare, and therefore oftentymes he ca- steth his looke, to be safe from perill and daunger.
From A booke called the Foundacion of Rhetorike because all other partes of Rhetorike are grounded thereupon, euery parte sette forthe in an Oracion vpon questions, verie profitable to bee knowen and redde by Rainolde, Richard
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