"axle tooth" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: axle teeth [plural]
Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|axyltothe}} Middle English axyltothe, {{der|en|gmq|-}} North Germanic, {{m|enm|axyl}} axyl, {{der|en|non|jaxl||a jaw-tooth, grinder}} Old Norse jaxl (“a jaw-tooth, grinder”), {{der|en|enm|tothe||tooth}} Middle English tothe (“tooth”), {{cog|sco|assletuith}} Scots assletuith, {{m|sco|asseltuith||molar, axletooth}} asseltuith (“molar, axletooth”), {{cog|da|axeltand||molar, axletooth}} Danish axeltand (“molar, axletooth”), {{cog|sv|oxeltand||molar, axletooth}} Swedish oxeltand (“molar, axletooth”) Head templates: {{en-noun|axle teeth}} axle tooth (plural axle teeth)
  1. (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) A molar tooth; molar. Tags: Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal Synonyms: grinder, wangtooth, axeltooth, assiltooth, axill tooth
    Sense id: en-axle_tooth-en-noun-12yt7e0C Categories (other): British English, Northern England English, Scottish English

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