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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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 P. B. M. Allan
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 Richard Rainolde
Now I shall sorrowfully sithien from the. depart from thee; nu beoth thine teth atru.
From The Departing Soul's Address to the Body A Fragment of a Semi-Saxon Poem, Discovered Among the Archives of Worcester Cathedral by Samuel Weller Singer
Analogously, töth appears as teth, födian as fedian, later fedan.
From Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech by Edward Sapir
"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 Harriet L. Smith
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