foreteeth

Yesterday, indeed, they promised me to do it, and actually went away as if bent on such a design; but Baneelon, instead of directing his steps to Botany Bay, crossed the harbour in his canoe, in order to draw the foreteeth of some of the young men; and

The Settlement at Port Jackson 2003

Possessed of sharp foreteeth and having eyes that resembled the stones called lapis lazuli, the cat called Lomasa, gentle eyeing the mouse, answered as follows: I am delighted with thee, O amiable one!

The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli

His foreteeth were very long and sharp, and came without his mouth, which was deep like that of a horse.

The Arabian Nights Entertainments - Volume 01 Anonymous

His foreteeth were very long and sharp, and stood out of his mouth, which was as deep as that of a horse.

The Arabian Nights Entertainments Anonymous 1921

His face and neck were of a lusty red, but lean and stringy; he always wore his expensive gold-rim eye-glasses slightly askew upon his aquiline nose; and he always showed two gleaming foreteeth under his moustache, in a smile so perpetual as to earn the reputation of a sneer.

The Ball and the Cross 1905

"Mabásim"; plur. of Mabsim, a smiling mouth which shows the foreteeth.

Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

But I could never shake the fear/phobia they were going to run up my pant leg and sink their ferrety foreteeth into whatever they found up there that looked like a bag of food.

The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed DAVID EDDIE 2011

Yesterday, indeed, they promised me to do it, and actually went away as if bent on such a design; but Baneelon, instead of directing his steps to Botany Bay, crossed the harbour in his canoe, in order to draw the foreteeth of some of the young men; and Colbee, in the room of fulfilling his engagement, is loitering about the lookout house.

A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson Watkin Tench 1796

The behaviour of this rascally sycophant incensed me so much, that one day, when I was beleaguered by him and his hounds in a farmer's house, where I had found protection, I took aim at him (being an excellent marksman) with a large pebble, which struck out four of his foreteeth, and effectually incapacitated him from doing the office of a clerk.

The Adventures of Roderick Random Tobias George Smollett 1746

She was the one who taught me approach the horse slowly from the side so as not to spook her, how to put on a bridle, how to reach my finger into the corner of the horse’s mouth - just behind the foreteeth which could smash your finger if the horse was in the mood - and touch the tongue in order to get the horse to accept the bit into her mouth.

Autobiographical Notes: Joy Bruce Schauble 2007