eyetooth en · NOUN
Etymology
From eye + tooth, so called because of their position directly below the eyes.
Meanings
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A canine tooth of the upper jaw in humans.
She called us by all our names, and when she grinned she revealed two minute gold prongs clipped to her eyeteeth.
1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC:the Cutters and Eye-teeth have usually but one Root
1691, John Ray, The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creation. […], London: […] Samuel Smith, […], →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| eyeteeth | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| eye tooth | alternative | lexicographic | |
| eye-tooth | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
give one's eye-teeth · cut one's eyeteeth
Translations (9)
lv acuzobs (canine tooth of the upper jaw — see also canine tooth) · fi raateluhammas (canine tooth of the upper jaw — see also canine tooth) · sh očnjak (canine tooth of the upper jaw — see also canine tooth) · yi אויגנצאָן (canine tooth of the upper jaw — see also canine tooth) · pl kieł (canine tooth of the upper jaw — see also canine tooth) · mi niho rei (canine tooth of the upper jaw — see also canine tooth) · io okul-dento (canine tooth of the upper jaw — see also canine tooth) · mi niho kata (canine tooth of the upper jaw — see also canine tooth) · de Augenzahn (canine tooth of the upper jaw — see also canine tooth)