| 单词 | wolf's-tooth |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswolf's-tooth wolf's-tooth n. [compare Middle High German wolfzan, German wolfszahn] Farriery (see quots.). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [noun] > mouth or type of > teeth > next to molars wolf's-tooth1566 wolf1607 wolf-tooth1753 1566 T. Blundeville Order curing Horses Dis. xlvi. f. 30v, in Fower Offices Horsemanshippe A horse..hauing two extraordinary teeth, called the Woolfes teeth, which be two little teeth growing in the vpper Jawes, nexte vnto the great grinding teeth. 1737 H. Bracken Farriery Improved xl. 550 A Horse is said to have Wolve's-Teeth, when his Teeth grow either Outwards or Inwards so, that their Points prick and wound either the Tongue or Gums when he eats. 1864 E. Mayhew Illustr. Horse Managem. 146 At one year old,..frequently at birth, little nodules of bone, without fangs, merely attached to the gums, appear in front of each row of grinders. These are vulgarly denominated ‘Wolves' Teeth’. < as lemmas |
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