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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"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.
With þe neue he robert sette Biforn þe teth a dint ful strong.
From The Lay of Havelok the Dane by Unknown
He must be careful, also, not to expectorate across the table, 'ne at the borde ye shall no naylis pare ne pyke your teth with knyf.'
From The Book-Hunter at Home by Allan, P. B. M.
Thei are diuers sortes of sentences, one exhor- teth, an other diswadeth, some onely sheweth: there is a sen- tence simple, compounde, profitable, true, & soche like.
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
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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