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Dogtooth

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A canine tooth.
  2. 2
    a carved pyramidal ornament; used in 13th century England wordnet
  3. 3
    An ornament common in Gothic architecture, consisting of pointed projections resembling teeth.

    "This arch is the side of a niche from the tomb of Can Signorio della Scala, at Verona; and the value, as well as the distant expression of its dogtooth, may be seen by referring to Prout's beautiful drawing of this tomb in his "Sketches in France and Italy.""

  4. 4
    one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars wordnet
  5. 5
    Synonym of houndstooth.
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  1. 6
    perennial woodland spring-flowering plant; widely cultivated wordnet
  2. 7
    A dogtooth violet.

Etymology

From Middle English dogge tothe; equivalent to dog + tooth.

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