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[ dawg -tooth, dog - ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈdɔgˌtuθ, ˈdɒg- / PHONETIC RESPELLING
noun Also dog tooth . a canine tooth.
Architecture . any of a series of small pyramidal ornaments, usually formed by a radiating arrangement of four sculptured leaves, set close together in a concave molding, used especially in England in the 13th century.
Origin of dogtooth First recorded in 1545–55; dog + tooth
Words nearby dogtooth dog's-tongue, dog's-tooth check, dog tag, dog tick, dog-tired, dogtooth , dogtooth violet, dog train, dogtrot, dog tucker, dogvane
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Example sentences from the Web for dogtooth Case in point: The Greek film Dogtooth is one of this year's five nominees for best foreign film.
The Oscars' Foreign Language Flop | Stephen Farber| February 22, 2011| DAILY BEAST
But the Academy is not really helping the cause by nominating audience-unfriendly films like Dogtooth .
The Oscars' Foreign Language Flop | Stephen Farber| February 22, 2011| DAILY BEAST
Who are these experts who justify the inclusion of Dogtooth ?
The Oscars' Foreign Language Flop | Stephen Farber| February 22, 2011| DAILY BEAST
A dozen movies far superior to Dogtooth or Outside the Law were bewilderingly overlooked.
The Oscars' Foreign Language Flop | Stephen Farber| February 22, 2011| DAILY BEAST
A dogtooth violet, commonly called avalanche lily, is abundant.
Your National Parks | Enos A. Mills
Nearly all are highly 45enriched with dogtooth ; while the mouldings of the west door have conventional foliage as well.
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ely | W. D. Sweeting
Contemplative between their dark exotic leaves, dogtooth violets fill the light-flecked hollows.
Minstrel Weather | Marian Storm
The sub-arches appear to be about the same date as the transept vaulting, as they have the dogtooth ornament in their mouldings.
Bell's Cathedrals: Chichester (1901) | Hubert C. Corlette
Hollows of irregular curve sometimes filled with dogtooth ornament or with foliage.
Architecture | Thomas Roger Smith
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British Dictionary definitions for dogtooth noun plural -teeth another name for a canine (def. 3)
architect a carved ornament in the form of four leaflike projections radiating from a raised centre, used in England in the 13th century
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