dogtooth Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun perennial woodland spring-flowering plant; widely cultivated
    dog's-tooth violet; dogtooth violet.
  2. noun one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars
    eye tooth; canine; cuspid; canine tooth; eyetooth.
  3. noun a carved pyramidal ornament; used in 13th century England

WordNet

Dog"tooth` noun
Wordforms
plural Dogteeth
Definitions
  1. See Canine tooth, under Canine.
  2. (Arch.) An ornament common in Gothic architecture, consisting of pointed projections resembling teeth; -- also called tooth ornament.

Webster 1913