eye tooth

listen to the pronunciation of eye tooth
Englisch - Englisch
A canine tooth (only of human teeth)
canine: one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars
pointed tooth located in the upper jaw approximately under the eye
eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth
Compensation for injury caused by a person, in the form of inflicting of an identical injury on that person
eyetooth
a canine tooth of the upper jaw
give an eye-tooth
Alternative form of give one's eye-teeth

How his frownHath scatter'd them like leaves! they fly from himAs nimbly as their bodies had no more weightThan their petitions. I would give an eye-tooth,To read but three lines.

eyetooth
{n} the tooth next to the grinders
eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth
person's punishment should be equal to the wrong or crime which he committed (Biblical)
eyetooth
{i} pointed tooth located in the upper jaw approximately under the eye
eye tooth

    Türkische aussprache

    ay tuth

    Aussprache

    /ˈī ˈto͞oᴛʜ/ /ˈaɪ ˈtuːθ/

    Etymologie

    () From their position under the eyes ("eye-tooth" entry, Oxford English Dictionary Online. Oxford University Press. 1989).
Favoriten