milk toothn.

Brit.

/ˈmɪlk ˌtuːθ/, U.S.

/ˈmɪlk ˌtuθ/

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

Etymology: < milk n.¹ + tooth n. Compare Middle High German milchzan (German Milchzahn).

1. Any of a first, temporary, set of teeth in young mammals, which are later replaced by the permanent teeth; a deciduous tooth.

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

calf's-teeth1599

fore-tooth1601

sucking-tooth1601

milk tooth1738

deciduous tooth1755

shedding tooth1799

temporary tooth1802

baby tooth1834

1738 E. Chambers Cycl. (ed. 2) at Tooth Twelve foal-teeth, or milk-teeth, which come in the fore-part of the mouth at three months old.

1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 68/1 The milk teeth..by the end of the seventh year have given way to the..permanent series.

1886 C. Scott Pract. Sheep-farming 15 At a month old a lamb will have eight incisors or milk teeth, which are temporary.

1898 B. P. Colton Physiol. vii. 201 The thirty-two teeth of the permanent set were preceded by a temporary set of twenty Milk Teeth.

1945 Man 45 67/2 On the fall of a child's first milk-tooth the child takes it outside the house..and chants in rhyme.

1952 L. H. Matthews Brit. Mammals ix. 266 The milk teeth of seal pups are shed or absorbed at a very early age.

1964 A. Nin Collages 33 His teeth were strong and even but for one milk tooth which gave his smile a touch of humor.

1988 B. W. Aldiss Forgotten Life ix. 140 The mixture had rotted away all my milk teeth.

2. figurative. to cut one's milk teeth: to acquire initial practice or experience of an activity, organization, etc. Cf. to cut a tooth at cut v. 39.

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1875 Ladies' Repository Apr. 316/2 Elevated too soon from a dependent position.., Maurice warned me on several occasions. ‘Take care, little one!.. Thou hast, as yet, only cut thy milk teeth.’

1911 Q. Jrnl. Econ. 25 708 German land tax reformers are inclined to lament that the new law has ‘no teeth in it’. A fairer statement would be that it has simply cut its milk teeth and may be expected to develop mature molars and incisors later.

1923 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 28 415 The Germans have probably cut as many of the milk teeth of social science as the scholars of any nation, but wisdom teeth are far in the future.

1977 ‘J. le Carré’ Honourable Schoolboy i. iv. 81 She was still a probationer, cutting her milk-teeth in Registry.

2000 Red Herring Feb. 145/1 It's here that I cut my milk teeth. I learned two very important lessons.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	milk tooth
释义	milk toothn. Brit. /ˈmɪlk ˌtuːθ/, U.S. /ˈmɪlk ˌtuθ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: milk n.¹, tooth n. Etymology: < milk n.¹ + tooth n. Compare Middle High German milchzan (German Milchzahn). 1. Any of a first, temporary, set of teeth in young mammals, which are later replaced by the permanent teeth; a deciduous tooth. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > mouth > types or spec. teeth > [noun] > milk calf's-teeth1599 fore-tooth1601 sucking-tooth1601 milk tooth1738 deciduous tooth1755 shedding tooth1799 temporary tooth1802 baby tooth1834 1738 E. Chambers Cycl. (ed. 2) at Tooth Twelve foal-teeth, or milk-teeth, which come in the fore-part of the mouth at three months old. 1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 68/1 The milk teeth..by the end of the seventh year have given way to the..permanent series. 1886 C. Scott Pract. Sheep-farming 15 At a month old a lamb will have eight incisors or milk teeth, which are temporary. 1898 B. P. Colton Physiol. vii. 201 The thirty-two teeth of the permanent set were preceded by a temporary set of twenty Milk Teeth. 1945 Man 45 67/2 On the fall of a child's first milk-tooth the child takes it outside the house..and chants in rhyme. 1952 L. H. Matthews Brit. Mammals ix. 266 The milk teeth of seal pups are shed or absorbed at a very early age. 1964 A. Nin Collages 33 His teeth were strong and even but for one milk tooth which gave his smile a touch of humor. 1988 B. W. Aldiss Forgotten Life ix. 140 The mixture had rotted away all my milk teeth. 2. figurative. to cut one's milk teeth: to acquire initial practice or experience of an activity, organization, etc. Cf. to cut a tooth at cut v. 39. ΚΠ 1875 Ladies' Repository Apr. 316/2 Elevated too soon from a dependent position.., Maurice warned me on several occasions. ‘Take care, little one!.. Thou hast, as yet, only cut thy milk teeth.’ 1911 Q. Jrnl. Econ. 25 708 German land tax reformers are inclined to lament that the new law has ‘no teeth in it’. A fairer statement would be that it has simply cut its milk teeth and may be expected to develop mature molars and incisors later. 1923 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 28 415 The Germans have probably cut as many of the milk teeth of social science as the scholars of any nation, but wisdom teeth are far in the future. 1977 ‘J. le Carré’ Honourable Schoolboy i. iv. 81 She was still a probationer, cutting her milk-teeth in Registry. 2000 Red Herring Feb. 145/1 It's here that I cut my milk teeth. I learned two very important lessons. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1738
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