In the centre, in the lowest stage, are three broad lancets of equal height, divided by shafts, and with deep mouldings, and with two sets of dogtooth all round.
In the upper tier the lancets are trefoiled, with dogtooth in the moulding; in the next lower tier the lancets are cinquefoiled, with two sets of dogtooth.
The crystals are about an inch high in the shape of dogtooth or calcareous spar, covered with a dark ferruginous matter.
The mere dogtooth is an acid moulding, and can only be used in certain mingling with others, to give them piquancy; never alone.
The dogtooth is put on the outer lower truncation, and is actually in position as fig.
One other form of the dogtooth is of great importance in northern architecture, that produced by oblique cuts slightly curved, as in the margin, Fig.
I mentioned as a locality for the dogtooth spar, considerable may be obtained in it and on its western edge near the ceiling.
Another form of calcite which is to be sparingly found is what is called dogtooth spar, having the form shown in Fig.
The dandelion tells me when to look for the swallow, the dogtooth violet when to expect the wood-thrush, and when I have found the wake-robin in bloom I know the season is fairly inaugurated.
It is the only locality in which I have found the dogtooth violet in bloom, and the best place I know of to gather arbutus.
What a charm there is about the common Dogtooth Violet; it is pretty everywhere, in borders, in the rock-garden, in all sorts of corners.
Under the nut-trees would be Primroses and the garden kinds of wood Hyacinths and Dogtooth Violets and Lily of the Valley, and perhaps Snowdrops, or any of the smaller bulbs that most commended themselves to the taste of the master.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "dogtooth" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: bicuspid; canine; crest; crown; cutter; fang; grinder; incisor; molar; peg; saw; scallop; snag; tooth; tush; tusk
