dogtooth
狗牙,狗牙根,狗牙棒,狗牙牌
Definitions
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- : Also dog tooth . a canine tooth.
- : Architecture. any of a series of small pyramidal ornaments, usually formed by a radiating arrangement of four sculptured leaves, set close together in a concave molding, used especially in England in the 13th century.
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Who are these experts who justify the inclusion of Dogtooth?
Case in point: The Greek film Dogtooth is one of this year's five nominees for best foreign film.
But the Academy is not really helping the cause by nominating audience-unfriendly films like Dogtooth.
A dozen movies far superior to Dogtooth or Outside the Law were bewilderingly overlooked.
The mere dogtooth is an acid moulding, and can only be used in certain mingling with others, to give them piquancy; never alone.
A dogtooth violet, commonly called avalanche lily, is abundant.
Nearly all are highly 45enriched with dogtooth; while the mouldings of the west door have conventional foliage as well.
Contemplative between their dark exotic leaves, dogtooth violets fill the light-flecked hollows.
Another form of calcite which is to be sparingly found is what is called dogtooth spar, having the form shown in Fig. 4.