teeth

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• Teeth

  ·noun ·pl of Tooth. II. Teeth ·vi To breed, or grow, teeth. III. Teeth ·pl of <<Tooth>>. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Fore teeth

  ·pl of Fore tooth. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Lions' teeth

  ·pl of Lion's tooth. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• hag's teeth

  (See hake's teeth.) Those parts of a matting or pointing interwoven with the rest in an irregular ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• hake's teeth

  A phrase applied to some part of the deep soundings in the British Channel; but it is a distinct she...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• break-teeth words

  Hard words, difficult to pronounce. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• wind in the teeth

  Dead against a ship. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• sh-t-ng through the teeth

  Vomiting. Hark ye, friend, have you got a padlock on your a-se, that you sh-te through your teeth? V...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• by the skin of one's teeth

  When a man has made a narrow escape from any dilemma, it is a common remark to say, that he has save...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.