axle tooth

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A molar tooth; molar. Northern-England,Scotland,UK,dialectal
    — […] to loose an axill tooth or an eye, the death of some speciall friend: to dream of bloody teeth, the death of the dreamer […]

词形变化

axle teeth plural axeltooth alternative assiltooth alternative axill tooth alternative

词源

From Middle English axyltothe, of North Germanic origin, from axyl, from Old Norse jaxl (“a jaw-tooth, grinder”) + Middle English tothe (“tooth”). Cognate with Scots assletuith, asseltuith (“molar, axletooth”). Compare also Danish axeltand (“molar, axletooth”), Swedish oxeltand (“molar, axletooth”).
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