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dent1 (s.xii1/3)
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dent1 (s.xii1/3)

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dente, 
pl. dens,  dentz,  denz  (denx  Fr Voc 85.16)  
  FEW:  dens 3,40b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  dent 9,303c TL: dent 2 2,1400 DEAF:  dent 2  DMF:  dent  TLF:  dent  OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  dens 611c

s.

anat.tooth: 
( s.xii1/3; MS: s.xiii2 )  E se il ad les denz purries U se eles sunt enruissies [...], Par ceste pere avra santé  Lapid 223.585
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  il le fent des qu’as denz, e cil chiet jus sovin  Horn 1684
( MS: c.1250 )  Hic dens: dent  TLL i 411
♦mammalsanat.tusk: 
( 1121-35; MS: s.xii3/3 )  E les denz qu’ il (=elephants) unt Tut d’ ivoire sunt  Best ants 1535
desque a dens
fig.completely, to the bone: 
( 1312; MS: s.xiv1 )  (Covetousness) espeluke les povres gens E les reynt desques a dens (var. (Ph: s.xiv1/3) as dens; (U,T: s.xiv1/4,s.xiv2) en denz)  Plainte Am 212
dent dolur
dentdolur
denz foreins
anat.foreteeth: 
( c.1290; MS: 1307-25 )  En la buche sunt messeleres (M.E. wangeteth) E dens foreins  BIBB ROTH (G) 90
( s.xivin; MS: 1382 )  dentz foreynz (M.E. forteth)  Nominale 31
dent moeller
moeller
dent de leun
bot.dandelion: 
( s.xiii2; MS: c.1400 )  den[s] leonis [...] G[allice], dent de lion, A[nglice], doleroune  Alph 49.7
( MS: c.1300 )  herbe coppi, dauke, dente de lyoun, lavandir, suthirnwodde  Pop Med 241
dent d’olifant
lapid.tusk, ivory: 
( s.xii2; MS: s.xii3/3 )  or e argent e denz de elefanz  Liv Reis1 136
( 1436 )  Issent i bale de dent d’olifant  Port Bk foster 94
mal as denz
pathol.toothache: 
( s.xii1/3; MS: s.xiii2 )  (he who rubs his teeth with Corallus) Ja puis mal as denz nen avra  Lapid 223.593
racine de dent
racine
as denz
fig.prone, face downwards: 
( s.xii1/3; MS: c.1200 )  As denz lores se turnerat  Lapid 249.1391
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Entre eaux noent le lay envers e as denz  Rom Chev ANTS 4951
malgré les denz de
malgré
ficher le dent, ficher (les) denz
ficher
oster un dent
oster1
pincer as dents
pincer
rechiner (ses (etc.)) dents (sur)
rechiner1
serrer les denz
serrer1

See also:

adenz 
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