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ˈjaw-tooth
A molar tooth. Cf. cheek-tooth.
1601Holland Pliny II. 440 If the grinders and great iaw teeth do ake, this is a speciall medicine for them. 1611Bible Prov. xxx. 14 There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their iaw-teeth as kniues. 1678Cudworth Intell. Syst. i. v. 670 The former teeth were made..thin and sharp, by means whereof they became fit for cutting; but the jaw-teeth thick and broad, whereby they became useful for the grinding of food. 1789Madan Persius (1795) 39 note, Grinding food between the jaw-teeth. 1837Wheelwright tr. Aristophanes II. 8 In wrestlers' fashion, plying his jaw-teeth. |