dogtooth : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: dogtooth	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dogtooth n perennial woodland spring-flowering plant; widely cultivated Synonym(s): dogtooth violet, dogtooth, dog's-tooth violet one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars Synonym(s): canine, canine tooth, eyetooth, eye tooth, dogtooth, cuspid a carved pyramidal ornament; used in 13th century England
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dogtooth \Dog"tooth`\, n.; pl. {Dogteeth}. 1. See {Canine tooth}, under {Canine}. 2. (Arch.) An ornament common in Gothic architecture, consisting of pointed projections resembling teeth; -- also called tooth ornament. {Dogtooth spar} (Min.), a variety of calcite, in acute crystals, resembling the tooth of a dog. See {Calcite}. {Dogtooth violet} (Bot.), a small, bulbous herb of the Lily family (genus {Erythronium}). It has two shining flat leaves and commonly one large flower. [Written also {dog's-tooth violet}.]