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axle tooth

axle tooth noun: a molar tooth; molar.

Noun

axle tooth (plural axle teeth)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland, UK, dialectal) A molar tooth; molar.
    • […] to loose an axill tooth or an eye, the death of some speciall friend: to dream of bloody teeth, the death of the dreamer […]1607, Thomas Walkington, The optick glasse of humors
    • Many Women would rather endure the Tooth-ach, than their blackness, which not withstanding the Commonalty regard not: yet such a marcour came upon Metrodorus his sons gums, that both his axle teeth, and also his gums, fell out.1657, Jean de Renou, translated by Richard Tomlinson, A medicinal dispensatory, translation of original in French
    Synonyms:
    grinder, wangtooth

Synonyms of axle tooth

Forms of axle tooth

pluralaxle teeth
alternative formaxeltooth
alternative formassiltooth
alternative formaxill tooth

Origin of axle tooth

From Middle English axyltothe, of North Germanic origin, from axyl, from Old Norse jaxl (“a jaw-tooth, grinder”) + Middle English tothe (“tooth”). Cognate with Scots assletuith, asseltuith (“molar, axletooth”). Compare also Danish axeltand (“molar, axletooth”), Swedish oxeltand (“molar, axletooth”).

Questions about axle tooth

What does axle tooth mean?
Axle tooth means a molar tooth; molar.
What part of speech is axle tooth?
Axle tooth is a noun.
What is the plural of axle tooth?
The plural of axle tooth is axle teeth.

Words near axle tooth in the dictionary

  1. axle loadings
  2. axle loads
  3. axle stand
  4. axle stands
  5. axle teeth
  6. axle tooth
  7. axle weight
  8. axle weights
  9. axle-box
  10. axle-boxes
  11. axle-driven

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