eyetooth

See also: eye-tooth and eye tooth

English

Etymology

From eye +‎ tooth, so called because of their position directly below the eyes.[1]

Noun

eyetooth (plural eyeteeth)

  1. A canine tooth of the upper jaw in humans.
    • 1691, John Ray, The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creation. […], London: […] Samuel Smith, […], →OCLC:
      the Cutters and Eye-teeth have usually but one Root

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  1. "eye-tooth" in Oxford English Dictionary Online. Oxford University Press. 1989
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