wang-toothn.
/ˈwɒŋtuːθ/, U.S. /ˈwɑŋˌtuθ/ Obsolete exc. dialect (see Eng. Dial. Dict.).
A cheek-tooth, molar.
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wang-tootha1000
molara1350
cheek tooth1395
grinder1398
wangc1405
gumc1420
axle-tooth1483
wall-tooth?a1500
gum-tooth1535
chock-tooth1591
jaw-tooth1601
chaw-tooth1678
mill tooth1731
molendinar1823
true molar1825
false molar1827
premolar1842
bicuspid1876
a1000 Laws Ælfred xlix. 1 Gif hit sie wongtoð, geselle 1111 scill. to bote.
c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 157 Molares, uel genuini, wangteð.
c1325 Gloss. W. de Bibbesw. (Arun.) in Wright Voc. 146 Les messeleres, wange-teȝ [read -teþ; MS. Cambr. wangeteth].
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Judges xv. 19 And so the Lord opnede a woong tooth [a1425 L.V. wang tooth; L. molarem dentem] in the cheek boon of the asse.
c1386 G. Chaucer Monk's Tale 54 And of this asses cheke, that was dreye, Out of a wang tooth sprang anon a welle.
1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xxiii. 191 He..bete oute my wang-teþ.
1483 Cath. Angl. 406/1 A Waynge tothe [v.r. Vange tothe], genuinus, maxillaris.
1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie lxv. 182 Take them and cut away their nether Iawe wherein there wang teeth be set.
1607 G. Markham Cavelarice i. 79 His two tushes of his nether chappe, & the two wongge teeth of the same next to the tushes.
1659 W. Somner Dict. Saxonico-Latino-Anglicum at Wang That old rime: And in witness that this is sooth, I bite the wax with my wang tooth.
1674 J. Ray N. Country Words (at cited word) The Wang-tooth; the Jaw-tooth.
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