dogtooth

Definition of Dogtooth in English :

perennial woodland spring-flowering plant; widely cultivated

one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars

3. dogtooth

a carved pyramidal ornament; used in 13th century England

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Dogtooth

noun plural -teeth

1. another name for a canine (sense 3)

2. architecture

a carved ornament in the form of four leaflike projections radiating from a raised centre, used in England in the 13th century

nounWord forms: plural ˈdogˌteeth

1.

a canine tooth; eyetooth

2.

an ornamental molding in some medieval buildings, consisting of a series of projections often resembling petals radiating from a raised center

3.

houndstooth check

n.

1. A canine tooth; an eyetooth.

2. Architecture A medieval ornament consisting of four leaflike projections radiating from a raised center.