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Meanings of dog-tooth in English
Architectural molding with a series of starlike, raised pyramidal forms.
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Examples for "dogtooth"
Examples for "dogtooth"
1
Vegetation was rank, and the dogtooth violet, honeysuckle, blue-bell, and columbine were in blossom.
2
A single wooden spire rose from the Norman church, a dogtooth pattern of lead tiles catching the light.
3
One may see that angular dogtooth ornament that makes the round Norman gateways look like the gaping mouths of sharks.
4
The crystals are about an inch high in the shape of dogtooth or calcareous spar, covered with a dark ferruginous matter.
5
Another form of calcite which is to be sparingly found is what is called dogtooth spar, having the form shown in Fig.
1
On each side of the larger shaft is a dog-tooth moulding.
2
There are two rows of dog-tooth moulding round the windows in the aisles of the north transept, but only one in the south.
3
The arcading above the door is wholly Purbeck, with dog-tooth mouldings of stone.
4
The shafts of the central windows are Purbeck with alternate dog-tooth mouldings, and there are Purbeck shafts at the side of the rose window.
Usage of dog-tooth in English
1
In the north transept the moulding between the clerestory and triforium is dog-tooth.
2
The eastern moulding of the main arches on the eastern side is dog-tooth.
3
The arcading above the door is wholly Purbeck, with dog-tooth mouldings of stone.
4
On each side of the larger shaft is a dog-tooth moulding.
5
The dark-spotted leaves of the dog-tooth violet begin to show.
6
This did not displease Muskwa, who made his breakfast of the dog-tooth violet bulbs.
7
He found whole gardens of spring beauties and dog-tooth violets.
8
Suppose you find dog-tooth violets and wind-flowers growing near together.
9
The mouldings of the arches are broad and deep, the dog-tooth ornament being profusely used.
10
Their mouldings are very complex and deep, and are varied with dog-tooth and billet ornament.
11
About its roots you may find the lady-slipper and the dog-tooth violet, each in its season.
12
A great anchor of dog-tooth violets hung over the sides and kept it on the ground.
13
With the exception of one string of dog-tooth ornament the mouldings of the main arches are plain.
14
She and Lollie made Kobuk's resting place a bed of transplanted violets and iris and dog-tooth lilies.
15
These piers support the Early English arches, with dog-tooth ornament large in the interior, small in the exterior.
16
In this style they are composed of bold rounds and deep hollows, usually plain, or ornamented with the dog-tooth.
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