† metagnathismn.
Ornithology. Obsolete. rare.
The condition of being metagnathous.
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1890 E. Coues Handbk. Field & Gen. Ornithol. ii. 150 Each mandible may be oppositely falcate, as in the crossbill, constituting metagnathism.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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n.1890- to set little , much , less, least, more, most by
- to set little by
- to set little etc by
- to set little nought by
- to set little price of
- to set little price upon
- to set little, more, nought, not, of
- to set little, nought to
- to set lowe to
- to set lunt to
- to set measures to
- to set mind at rest
- to set more store or price by
- to set naught or nought by
- to set naught or nought not anything by
- to set naught or nought nothing by
- to set nether
- to set no price, littly at
- to set no store or price by
- to set not a cherry, curse, a fly, a haw, a mite, an onion, at, by, of
- to set not a cherry, curse, a fly, a haw, a mite, an onion, etc at, by, of
- to set not by
- to set off
- to set off one's rest
- to set on