dog-tooth noun & verb. ['dɒgtu:Ɵ] LME.
[from DOG noun + TOOTH noun.]
A. noun. Pl. -teeth.
1. An eye-tooth. LME.

2. A stone ornament with four leaves radiating from a raised central point, much used in Norman and Early English architecture. Also dog-tooth moulding. M19.

3. = DOG'S TOOTH 3. M20.

Comb.:
dog-tooth spar a form of calcite with pointed scalenohedral crystals; dog-tooth violet = DOG'S TOOTH 1.
b. verb trans. Decorate with dog-tooth moulding. M19.

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