单词 | underbite |
释义 | underbiten. The projection of the lower jaw or the lower incisors beyond the upper. Not a term used in Dentistry. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > jaws > [noun] > conditions or positions of underhanging1842 prognathism1860 orthognathism1862 rest position1865 mesognathy1884 eurygnathism1890 prognathy1890 mesognathism1891 underhang1903 underbite1976 1976 M. Machlin Pipeline xlvi. 484 Coutts was a big lantern jawed man with a pronounced underbite that gave his chin an appearance something like an Arctic ice~breaker. 1982 Guardian 26 Oct. 8/6 You stick your jaw way out until it's almost as if you have an underbite. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2019). underbitev. (under- prefix1 5(a).) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > engraving > intaglio printing > engrave in intaglio [verb (transitive)] > etch > underbite or rebite rebite1815 underbite1876 1876 P. G. Hamerton Etching & Etchers 427 It is better to underbite a plate in the darks than to overbite it, because if underbitten in these lines it is easily darkened afterwards by rebiting. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1976v.1876 |
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