dogtooth

plural dogtooths · plural dogteeth · alternative dog tooth · alternative dog-tooth · alternative dog's tooth

1. Synonym of cuspid, a pointed tooth between the incisors and premolars.

   Dogges teeth, dentes canini.

   1552, Richard Huloet, Abcedarium Anglico Latinum..., s.v

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   There are other twaine on each side, commonly called Dogge-teeth.

   1594, Pierre de la Primaudaye, translated by Thomas Bowes, The French Academie..., volume II, page 105

   When he smiled... one of his dogteeth stuck out.

   1991, Amy Tan, The Kitchen God's Wife, page 200

   Synonyms: cuspid

2. architectureAn 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."

   1851, John Ruskin, “The Edge and Fillet”, in The Stones of Venice, volume I (The Foundations), London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […], →OCLC, § IV, page 260

3. Synonym of houndstooth.

   Synonyms: houndstooth

4. A dogtooth violet.
5. alternativeaeronauticsAlternative form of dog tooth, a jagged leading edge of a wing.