| 单词 | gam teeth |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgam teeth 1. In plural. Teeth, esp. large, misshapen, or irregular teeth (also gam teeth). Formerly also (occasionally): †jaws (obsolete). Sc. National Dict. (at cited word) records the compound gam teeth as still in use in Moray and Aberdeen in 1953. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > mouth > tooth or teeth > [noun] teetha900 munpinsc1475 gams1508 peg1598 tusk1632 masticator1681 headrail1767 ivory1783 tombstone1809 dominos1828 dental1837 toothy-peg1840 fang1841 cruncher1859 chomper1884 teg1886 Hampstead Heath1887 pearly1914 gnasher1919 tat1919 pearly whites1935 chopper1937 1508 W. Kennedy Flyting (Chepman & Myllar) in Poems W. Dunbar (1998) I. 212 Thou wald be fayn to gnaw, lad, wyth thy gammys..banis behynd doggis bakkis. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid v. viii. 98 Scheddis of bluid furth spittand throw his lippis, With bludy gammis [L. dentes]. 1568 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1928) II. 278 He þat saulis saifis and dammis Beceith the devill thair guttis and gammis. 1591–2 Rob Stene's Dream (1836) 14 Sum haschit the harnis of tender lamis, Quhill blud come bockand frome thair gammis. 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Gam, a tooth... The word is still common in Ang[us]. It seems especially to denote a large tooth. Thus they say, greit gams, large teeth; sometimes, gams o' teeth. 1832 J. Hogg Queer Bk. 36 Now I [sc. a crow], to feed my lordly gambs, Must daily warstle with the wind. 1866 W. Gregor Dial. Banffshire (Philol. Soc.) 58 She's a bonnie lassie; but hir gam teeth spile hir some. 1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. 142 Guid gams for chowin' cheese. < as lemmas |
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