eyetoothn.

Brit.

/ˈʌɪtuːθ/,

/ˌʌɪˈtuːθ/, U.S.

/ˈaɪˌtuθ/,

/ˌaɪˈtuθ/

Forms: see eye n.¹ and tooth n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: eye n.¹, tooth n.

Etymology: < eye n.¹ + tooth n., probably with allusion to the fact that the roots of the upper canines extend close to the floor of the eye socket. Compare Middle French dent oeylliere (1530 in Palsgrave: compare quot. 1530 at sense 1; French dent oeillière), oeillière, noun (1562), Dutch oogtand (1599; after English).

1. A canine tooth, esp. of the upper jaw.The canine teeth of the lower jaw have also been called stomach teeth (see stomach n. Compounds 3).

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > mouth > types or spec. teeth > [noun] > canine

seizera1425

eyetooth1530

dog-tooth1552

griper1600

canine tooth1607

holder1672

twang1677

peg tooth1681

wick1726

fanger1763

canine1835

cuspid1878

pin tooth1886

stomach-tooth1890

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement iii. f. xli^v/1 Iey tothe, dent oeylliere.

1565 J. Hall Anat. 3rd Treat. i. vii. 50 in tr. Lanfranc Most Excellent Woorke Chirurg. The seconde are those sharpe or poynted ones, among which are the eye tethe, so called because daungerous accidences doe folow to the eyes, by the drawing or pluckynge oute of them: and these are of their sharpnesse called dogge tethe, and therfore in latine Canini.

1584 J. Lyly Sapho & Phao iv. iii. sig. E4^v I remember last night but one, I dreamed mine eie tooth was lose, & that I thrust it out with my tonge.

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 487 The eye teeth of a Lyon..hung about the necke of a yoong childe.

1629 G. Chapman tr. Juvenal Fifth Satyre in Iustification Nero 23 Liue still gnashing of thy great-eye-teeth.

1726 A. Monro Anat. Humane Bones ii. 171 The Two superior..are called Eye-teeth, from the Communication of Nerves which is betwixt them and the Eyes.

1828 R. Knox tr. H. Cloquet Syst. Human Anat. 87 The Upper Canine Teeth are the longest in the jaws, and for this reason, are vulgarly denominated Eye-teeth.

1863 T. H. Huxley Evid. Man's Place Nature ii. 81 Milk-teeth..consist of four incisors..two canines, or eye-teeth; and four molars..in each jaw.

1928 C. S. Whitehead & C. A. Hoff Ethical Sex Relations (new ed.) i. vi. 240 The lower of these [sc. canine teeth] are known as the stomach teeth , and the upper as the eye teeth.

1969 A. MacLean Puppet on Chain iv. 63 A devastating smile enhanced..by a slightly crooked left upper eyetooth.

2003 N. Rush Mortals iii. 24 He had rather prominent, almost Dracula eyeteeth.

2. figurative. Chiefly in allusion to the strength or sharpness of eyeteeth, or to the later age at which they emerge (hence their supposed indication of wisdom, experience, etc.; cf. to cut one's eyeteeth at Phrases 2).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > sharpness, shrewdness, insight > [noun] > vigour, quickness

vivacity?a1475

quicknessc1475

quickwittedness1616

eyetooth1706

pregnantness1727

ready-wittedness1815

1706 Rev. State Eng. Nation 17 Sept. 444/1 Knocking out his Teeth; the Teeth of his Tyranny abroad, I mean his strong Towns... Every Week an Eye-Tooth, such as Meenin, would soon secure him from biting.

1830 J. F. Cooper Water Witch III. v. 114 The eye-teeth must be wanting, or he would never be so fool-hardy as to brave Queen Anne's Coquette, in this impudent fashion!

1988 L. Forrest There is Tree more Anc. than Eden (rev. ed.) 212 Oh they played Jacks with the eye-teeth of your vision, dice with your prophetic Afro-Asian soul-eyes.

2003 Congress. Rec. 22 May 12820/1 Just have this dynamic continue, and it will rattle the eye-teeth of the markets in this country.

Phrases

P1. (one) would give one's eyeteeth and variants: (hyperbolically) one would (be willing to) go to any lengths for something, or to be able to do something. Cf. (one) would give one's eyes at eye n.¹ Phrases 2i(c). rare before 19th cent.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > willingness > be willing to [verb (transitive)] > be eager to or for

(one) would give one's eyeteeth1655

to be upon the gog of1672

1655 J. Shirley Polititian i. 2 I would give an eye-tooth, To read but three lines.

1836 Way-Mark vi. 133 Your real sea-dog will give his eye-teeth for a glass of grog.

1893 W. H. Bishop tr. ‘Champfleury’ Faience Violin vi. 54 You'd give your eye-teeth to have some plates like that in your kitchen.

1930 W. S. Maugham Cakes & Ale i. 13 He'd give his eye-teeth to have written a book half as good.

1965 F. Sargeson Mem. Peon iv. 55 I would give away my eye-teeth to take that girl into the park.

1985 New Yorker 23 Dec. 73/2 Some people would give an eyetooth to have their car registered in Liechtenstein.

2012 Herald Express (Torquay) (Nexis) 6 Dec. 27 The vast majority of the unemployed would give their eyeteeth for a job at the new store.

P2. to cut one's eyeteeth and variants: to have one's eyeteeth pass through one's gums; figurative to pass from babyhood to youth; to become knowledgeable or experienced; (now chiefly) to acquire initial practice or experience in a particular sphere of activity. Cf. to cut one's teeth at cut v. 39.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > baby or infant > [verb (intransitive)] > emerge from babyhood

to cut one's eyeteeth1697

short-coat1890

1697 E. Snell in ‘Philaret’ Challenge xiii. 146 'Tis as froward, poor thing, as if t'had got the Gripes, or was cutting its Eye-Teeth agen.

1778 Town & Country Mag. Apr. 190/2 I'll gi thee sich a pouat, as thou has na had, since the cooting of thy eye teeth.

1837 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker 1st Ser. (ed. 2) xvi. 147 Them are fellers cut their eye-teeth afore they ever sot foot in this country.

1862 R. W. Emerson Amer. Civilization in Atlantic Monthly Apr. 502/1 The like progress that is made by a boy ‘when he cuts his eye-teeth’, as we say.

1935 A. J. Cronin Stars look Down ii. xiii. 274 A clever pair..yes, they'd both cut their eye teeth all right.

1989 Guardian 21 Jan. 21/5 The Catskill Mountain resorts where he cut his professional eyeteeth.

2007 Australian (Nexis) 26 Apr. 16 Hudson..is no stranger to sensitive negotiations, having cut his eyeteeth working with the industry's heavy-hitters.

†P3. to have one's eyeteeth (about one) and variants: to be shrewd, capable, or mentally alert. Cf. to have one's wits about one at wit n. 3c. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > state of being awake > be or remain awake [verb (intransitive)] > or alert

to have one's eyeteeth (about one)1713

to be a (full) wake-up1930

1713 C. Dodd Hist. Eng. College Doway 10 Parsons had all his Eye-teeth, and fail'd not to make a Hand of all these Civilities.

1730 H. Morice Let. 14 Jan. in F. Atterbury Misc. Wks. (1798) V. 147 There is no dealing with him without having one's eye-teeth.

1795 Tomahawk! 9 Nov. 45/1 You will find I had all my eye-teeth about me.

1844 Med. Times 30 Nov. 173/1 He had not only got his eye-teeth about him..but had cut his wisdom-teeth on board ship.

1877 Cheshire Observer (Chester) 2 June It reads as a warning that no one need go in search of the situation who has not her ‘eye teeth about her’.

P4. to draw (a person's) eyeteeth: to take the strength, pride, or self-confidence out of (someone); to humiliate; to dupe or cheat. Now rare. In quot. 1789 as part of an extended metaphor.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > humility > humiliation > humiliate [verb (transitive)]

anitherOE

fellOE

lowc1175

to lay lowc1225

to set adownc1275

snuba1340

meekc1350

depose1377

aneantizea1382

to bring lowa1387

declinea1400

meekenc1400

to pull downc1425

avalec1430

to-gradea1440

to put downc1440

humble1484

alow1494

deject?1521

depress1526

plucka1529

to cut (rarely to cast down) the comb of?1533

to bring down1535

to bring basec1540

adbass1548

diminish1560

afflict1561

to take down1562

to throw down1567

debase1569

embase1571

diminute1575

to put (also thrust) a person's nose out of jointc1576

exinanite1577

to take (a person) a peg lower1589

to take (a person) down a peg (or two)1589

disbasea1592

to take (a person) down a buttonhole (or two)1592

comb-cut1593

unpuff1598

atterr1605

dismount1608

annihilate1610

crest-fall1611

demit1611

pulla1616

avilea1617

to put a scorn on, upon1633

mortify1639

dimit1658

to put a person's pipe out1720

to let down1747

to set down1753

humiliate1757

to draw (a person's) eyeteeth1789

start1821

squabash1822

to wipe a person's eye1823

to crop the feathers of1827

embarrass1839

to knock (also take, etc.) (a person) off his or her perch1864

to sit upon ——1864

squelch1864

to cut out of all feather1865

to sit on ——1868

to turn down1870

to score off1882

to do (a person) in the eye1891

puncture1908

to put (a person) in (also into) his, her place1908

to cut down to size1927

flatten1932

to slap (a person) down1938

punk1963

1789 T. Holcroft tr. Frederick II Let. in Posthumous Wks. XI. cx. 381 There is nothing to apprehend from the Jesuits. The cordelier, Ganganelli, has pared their nails, drawn their eye-teeth, and disabled them from scratching and biting.

1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well (1824) III. x. 186 You snarled at the Philistines, and they have drawn your eye-teeth with a vengeance!

1836 Bell's Life in London 6 Nov. B wins. A must have had his eye teeth drawn.

1867 W. H. Dixon New Amer. I. i. 1 Guess these Yanks must look alive..unless they should happen to enjoy having their eye-teeth drawn.

1890 R. Kipling in Pioneer Mail 26 Mar. 429/2 He might..draw your eye-teeth in a bargain, and applaud 'cuteness on the outer verge of swindling.

1923 J. Manchon Le Slang 117 To draw a person's eye-teeth, le rendre moins sûr de lui.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	eyetooth
释义	eyetoothn. Brit. /ˈʌɪtuːθ/, /ˌʌɪˈtuːθ/, U.S. /ˈaɪˌtuθ/, /ˌaɪˈtuθ/ Forms: see eye n.¹ and tooth n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: eye n.¹, tooth n. Etymology: < eye n.¹ + tooth n., probably with allusion to the fact that the roots of the upper canines extend close to the floor of the eye socket. Compare Middle French dent oeylliere (1530 in Palsgrave: compare quot. 1530 at sense 1; French dent oeillière), oeillière, noun (1562), Dutch oogtand (1599; after English). 1. A canine tooth, esp. of the upper jaw.The canine teeth of the lower jaw have also been called stomach teeth (see stomach n. Compounds 3). ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > mouth > types or spec. teeth > [noun] > canine seizera1425 eyetooth1530 dog-tooth1552 griper1600 canine tooth1607 holder1672 twang1677 peg tooth1681 wick1726 fanger1763 canine1835 cuspid1878 pin tooth1886 stomach-tooth1890 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement iii. f. xli^v/1 Iey tothe, dent oeylliere. 1565 J. Hall Anat. 3rd Treat. i. vii. 50 in tr. Lanfranc Most Excellent Woorke Chirurg. The seconde are those sharpe or poynted ones, among which are the eye tethe, so called because daungerous accidences doe folow to the eyes, by the drawing or pluckynge oute of them: and these are of their sharpnesse called dogge tethe, and therfore in latine Canini. 1584 J. Lyly Sapho & Phao iv. iii. sig. E4^v I remember last night but one, I dreamed mine eie tooth was lose, & that I thrust it out with my tonge. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 487 The eye teeth of a Lyon..hung about the necke of a yoong childe. 1629 G. Chapman tr. Juvenal Fifth Satyre in Iustification Nero 23 Liue still gnashing of thy great-eye-teeth. 1726 A. Monro Anat. Humane Bones ii. 171 The Two superior..are called Eye-teeth, from the Communication of Nerves which is betwixt them and the Eyes. 1828 R. Knox tr. H. Cloquet Syst. Human Anat. 87 The Upper Canine Teeth are the longest in the jaws, and for this reason, are vulgarly denominated Eye-teeth. 1863 T. H. Huxley Evid. Man's Place Nature ii. 81 Milk-teeth..consist of four incisors..two canines, or eye-teeth; and four molars..in each jaw. 1928 C. S. Whitehead & C. A. Hoff Ethical Sex Relations (new ed.) i. vi. 240 The lower of these [sc. canine teeth] are known as the stomach teeth , and the upper as the eye teeth. 1969 A. MacLean Puppet on Chain iv. 63 A devastating smile enhanced..by a slightly crooked left upper eyetooth. 2003 N. Rush Mortals iii. 24 He had rather prominent, almost Dracula eyeteeth. 2. figurative. Chiefly in allusion to the strength or sharpness of eyeteeth, or to the later age at which they emerge (hence their supposed indication of wisdom, experience, etc.; cf. to cut one's eyeteeth at Phrases 2). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > sharpness, shrewdness, insight > [noun] > vigour, quickness vivacity?a1475 quicknessc1475 quickwittedness1616 eyetooth1706 pregnantness1727 ready-wittedness1815 1706 Rev. State Eng. Nation 17 Sept. 444/1 Knocking out his Teeth; the Teeth of his Tyranny abroad, I mean his strong Towns... Every Week an Eye-Tooth, such as Meenin, would soon secure him from biting. 1830 J. F. Cooper Water Witch III. v. 114 The eye-teeth must be wanting, or he would never be so fool-hardy as to brave Queen Anne's Coquette, in this impudent fashion! 1988 L. Forrest There is Tree more Anc. than Eden (rev. ed.) 212 Oh they played Jacks with the eye-teeth of your vision, dice with your prophetic Afro-Asian soul-eyes. 2003 Congress. Rec. 22 May 12820/1 Just have this dynamic continue, and it will rattle the eye-teeth of the markets in this country. Phrases P1. (one) would give one's eyeteeth and variants: (hyperbolically) one would (be willing to) go to any lengths for something, or to be able to do something. Cf. (one) would give one's eyes at eye n.¹ Phrases 2i(c). rare before 19th cent. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > willingness > be willing to [verb (transitive)] > be eager to or for (one) would give one's eyeteeth1655 to be upon the gog of1672 1655 J. Shirley Polititian i. 2 I would give an eye-tooth, To read but three lines. 1836 Way-Mark vi. 133 Your real sea-dog will give his eye-teeth for a glass of grog. 1893 W. H. Bishop tr. ‘Champfleury’ Faience Violin vi. 54 You'd give your eye-teeth to have some plates like that in your kitchen. 1930 W. S. Maugham Cakes & Ale i. 13 He'd give his eye-teeth to have written a book half as good. 1965 F. Sargeson Mem. Peon iv. 55 I would give away my eye-teeth to take that girl into the park. 1985 New Yorker 23 Dec. 73/2 Some people would give an eyetooth to have their car registered in Liechtenstein. 2012 Herald Express (Torquay) (Nexis) 6 Dec. 27 The vast majority of the unemployed would give their eyeteeth for a job at the new store. P2. to cut one's eyeteeth and variants: to have one's eyeteeth pass through one's gums; figurative to pass from babyhood to youth; to become knowledgeable or experienced; (now chiefly) to acquire initial practice or experience in a particular sphere of activity. Cf. to cut one's teeth at cut v. 39. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > baby or infant > [verb (intransitive)] > emerge from babyhood to cut one's eyeteeth1697 short-coat1890 1697 E. Snell in ‘Philaret’ Challenge xiii. 146 'Tis as froward, poor thing, as if t'had got the Gripes, or was cutting its Eye-Teeth agen. 1778 Town & Country Mag. Apr. 190/2 I'll gi thee sich a pouat, as thou has na had, since the cooting of thy eye teeth. 1837 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker 1st Ser. (ed. 2) xvi. 147 Them are fellers cut their eye-teeth afore they ever sot foot in this country. 1862 R. W. Emerson Amer. Civilization in Atlantic Monthly Apr. 502/1 The like progress that is made by a boy ‘when he cuts his eye-teeth’, as we say. 1935 A. J. Cronin Stars look Down ii. xiii. 274 A clever pair..yes, they'd both cut their eye teeth all right. 1989 Guardian 21 Jan. 21/5 The Catskill Mountain resorts where he cut his professional eyeteeth. 2007 Australian (Nexis) 26 Apr. 16 Hudson..is no stranger to sensitive negotiations, having cut his eyeteeth working with the industry's heavy-hitters. †P3. to have one's eyeteeth (about one) and variants: to be shrewd, capable, or mentally alert. Cf. to have one's wits about one at wit n. 3c. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > state of being awake > be or remain awake [verb (intransitive)] > or alert to have one's eyeteeth (about one)1713 to be a (full) wake-up1930 1713 C. Dodd Hist. Eng. College Doway 10 Parsons had all his Eye-teeth, and fail'd not to make a Hand of all these Civilities. 1730 H. Morice Let. 14 Jan. in F. Atterbury Misc. Wks. (1798) V. 147 There is no dealing with him without having one's eye-teeth. 1795 Tomahawk! 9 Nov. 45/1 You will find I had all my eye-teeth about me. 1844 Med. Times 30 Nov. 173/1 He had not only got his eye-teeth about him..but had cut his wisdom-teeth on board ship. 1877 Cheshire Observer (Chester) 2 June It reads as a warning that no one need go in search of the situation who has not her ‘eye teeth about her’. P4. to draw (a person's) eyeteeth: to take the strength, pride, or self-confidence out of (someone); to humiliate; to dupe or cheat. Now rare. In quot. 1789 as part of an extended metaphor. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > humiliation > humiliate [verb (transitive)] anitherOE fellOE lowc1175 to lay lowc1225 to set adownc1275 snuba1340 meekc1350 depose1377 aneantizea1382 to bring lowa1387 declinea1400 meekenc1400 to pull downc1425 avalec1430 to-gradea1440 to put downc1440 humble1484 alow1494 deject?1521 depress1526 plucka1529 to cut (rarely to cast down) the comb of?1533 to bring down1535 to bring basec1540 adbass1548 diminish1560 afflict1561 to take down1562 to throw down1567 debase1569 embase1571 diminute1575 to put (also thrust) a person's nose out of jointc1576 exinanite1577 to take (a person) a peg lower1589 to take (a person) down a peg (or two)1589 disbasea1592 to take (a person) down a buttonhole (or two)1592 comb-cut1593 unpuff1598 atterr1605 dismount1608 annihilate1610 crest-fall1611 demit1611 pulla1616 avilea1617 to put a scorn on, upon1633 mortify1639 dimit1658 to put a person's pipe out1720 to let down1747 to set down1753 humiliate1757 to draw (a person's) eyeteeth1789 start1821 squabash1822 to wipe a person's eye1823 to crop the feathers of1827 embarrass1839 to knock (also take, etc.) (a person) off his or her perch1864 to sit upon ——1864 squelch1864 to cut out of all feather1865 to sit on ——1868 to turn down1870 to score off1882 to do (a person) in the eye1891 puncture1908 to put (a person) in (also into) his, her place1908 to cut down to size1927 flatten1932 to slap (a person) down1938 punk1963 1789 T. Holcroft tr. Frederick II Let. in Posthumous Wks. XI. cx. 381 There is nothing to apprehend from the Jesuits. The cordelier, Ganganelli, has pared their nails, drawn their eye-teeth, and disabled them from scratching and biting. 1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well (1824) III. x. 186 You snarled at the Philistines, and they have drawn your eye-teeth with a vengeance! 1836 Bell's Life in London 6 Nov. B wins. A must have had his eye teeth drawn. 1867 W. H. Dixon New Amer. I. i. 1 Guess these Yanks must look alive..unless they should happen to enjoy having their eye-teeth drawn. 1890 R. Kipling in Pioneer Mail 26 Mar. 429/2 He might..draw your eye-teeth in a bargain, and applaud 'cuteness on the outer verge of swindling. 1923 J. Manchon Le Slang 117 To draw a person's eye-teeth, le rendre moins sûr de lui. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1530
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