fore-toothn.
/ˈfɔːtuːθ/, U.S. /ˈfɔrˌtuθ/ 1. One of the front teeth. rare in singular.
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the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > mouth > types or spec. teeth > [noun] > front or incisor
fore-toothc1000
cutter1579
shearer1610
shredder1650
incisora1682
incisive1804
incisor tooth1830
c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 157 Praecisores, foreteð.
?a1400 Morte Arth. 1089 With..þe flesche in his fortethe fowly as a bere.
c1440 Bone Flor. 1609 Hys for tethe owte he spytt.
1581 W. Lambarde Eirenarcha (1588) iv. iv. 425 By..beating out his foreteeth.
1661 S. Pepys Diary 8 May (1970) II. 96 My wife..had a foretooth drawn out today.
1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison V. xxi. 121 Our aunt Nell has lost two more of her upper fore-teeth.
1834 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in Citation & Exam. Shakespeare 256 One..had lost..many fore-teeth by a cudgel.
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the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > mouth > types or spec. teeth > [noun] > milk
calf's-teeth1599
fore-tooth1601
sucking-tooth1601
milk tooth1738
deciduous tooth1755
shedding tooth1799
temporary tooth1802
baby tooth1834
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. vii. xvi. 164 Children breed their fore-teeth in the seventh moneth after they are borne.
1651 R. Wittie tr. J. Primrose Pop. Errours iii. 187 Nature doth then give unto children their foreteeth, when they have need of solid meat.
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