Another form of calcite which is to be sparingly found is what is called dogtooth spar, having the form shown in Fig. 4. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 344, August 5, 1882] Reference
The carving upon the arch-mouldings is, to a great extent, geometric, consisting of numerous facets cut in the stone, lozenges, etc.; the so-called dogtooth moulding is a very favorite form of decoration. From Wordnik.com. [The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, Volume 01, No. 04, April 1895 Byzantine-Romanesque Windows in Southern Italy] Reference
I have no idea how i feel about that dogtooth trailer. From Wordnik.com. [Toronto Buzz: Dogtooth and Get Low Earn High Spots on the To-Watch List | /Film] Reference
A small school of dogtooth tuna swam 10 meters below him, oblivious to the danger. From Wordnik.com. [White Death] Reference
Nearly all are highly enriched with dogtooth; while the mouldings of the west door have conventional foliage as well. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ely A History and Description of the Building with a Short Account of the Monastery and of the See] Reference
Zigzags, lozenges, dogtooth, spirals and plain roll moldings bored him, and even these leaves were rather stiff and repetitive. From Wordnik.com. [The Pillars of the Earth]
The sub-arches appear to be about the same date as the transept vaulting, as they have the dogtooth ornament in their mouldings. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: Chichester (1901) A Short History & Description Of Its Fabric With An Account Of The Diocese And See] Reference
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. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ely A History and Description of the Building with a Short Account of the Monastery and of the See] Reference
When the stones were put together, the carvings lined up exactly, forming three continuous arcs, one of dogtooth, one of medallions and one of roll molding. From Wordnik.com. [The Pillars of the Earth]
The forest inshore was filled with dogwood, dog fennel, dogtooth violents, dog mercury, and dog rose, all of which sniffed the air and growled suspiciously. From Wordnik.com. [Roc and a Hard Place]
The lobby was filled with blocky outsize chairs covered in black and white dogtooth check or lime-green or brown and white pinstripes, arranged around smoked-glass tables. From Wordnik.com. [Sepulchre]
It occurs as marble, limestone; calcspar, dogtooth spar, nail head spar, stalactites, and a number of other forms, which are only valuable when occurring in perfect crystals or uniquely set upon the rock holding it. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 344, August 5, 1882] Reference
So the first story — it wasn't the first I'd written, but the first one I tried to send out — was a fairy tale of flowers talking to each other, the different names, the anemones and the dogtooth violets and all those. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Harriette Arnow, April, 1976. Interview G-0006. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
DOD Department of Defense dogtooth horizontal step in the leading edge of the wing resulting from an increase in chord dorsal spine fairing along the back of an aircraft, usually housing avionic equipment drone pilotless aircraft (remotely controlled). From Wordnik.com. [FM 44-80 Visual Aircraft Recognition - Glossary]
One may see that angular dogtooth ornament that makes the round. From Wordnik.com. [The New Jerusalem] Reference
Mature appeal: Sheer silk dogtooth blouse, £39.50, Shirt dress. From Wordnik.com. [Home | Mail Online] Reference
Except, mine isn't the dogtooth cloth variation I'll have ye know. From Wordnik.com. [Army Rumour Service] Reference
He had on one of those dogtooth jackets, a black shirt and a white tie and white trousers. From Wordnik.com. [Jamaica - Full Feed] Reference
Furthermore, they can only leave the house securely, as their father explains, once their right dogtooth falls. From Wordnik.com. [PopMatters] Reference
The crystals are about an inch high in the shape of dogtooth or calcareous spar, covered with a dark ferruginous matter. From Wordnik.com. [The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation] Reference
For a part androgynous and part English eccentric feel, team wonderfully traditionally tweeds or dogtooth with lived-in jeans. From Wordnik.com. [WalesOnline - Home] Reference
Bug pointed to a group of students wandering about in search of dogtooth violets and other botanical plunder from Nature's springtime treasury. From Wordnik.com. [A Master's Degree] Reference
Fabrics are timeless with subtle tonal checks on pants; the mini-dogtooth is the pattern of the season which appears on jackets, knits, shirts and pants. From Wordnik.com. [Press Releases] Reference
The pre-fall collections gave a strong hint that dogtooth and Prince of Wales check, herringbone and Harris tweed will be the latest thing for next winter. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph] Reference
Macaulay said the jacket worn by Smith, who plays the newest incarnation of the Doctor on the BBC series, was identified as a Mackenzie "two by two" dogtooth. From Wordnik.com. [The Money Times] Reference
# -- At the corner of this aisle we may notice the arcade which shows the combination of the Norman rounded arch and double zigzag ornamentation with the pointed arch and dogtooth tracery of. From Wordnik.com. [The Cathedral Church of Canterbury [2nd ed.].] Reference
Consequently, the lexical and hermeneutic boundaries offered by the family cannot satisfy the older daughter anymore, who decides to break her own dogtooth to gain admission to the outside "reality.". From Wordnik.com. [PopMatters] Reference
"There's a new sign up showing a dogtooth, down by the Nemesis. From Wordnik.com. [A Body In The Bath House]
A certain species, as Bergen Hill -- say for this instance, dogtooth calespar. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 344, August 5, 1882] Reference
(dogtooth violet); gagea (Star of Bethlehem); fritillaria (snake's head fritillary). From Wordnik.com. [eHow - Health How To's] Reference
The western doorway is Early English with dogtooth ornament, while the large window above with its geometrical tracery is "fully developed. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Winchester A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See] Reference
A controversy, but the innumerable dandelions and dogtooth violets which carpeted the ground around the throne diffused so mellow a light that all the blossoms felt that they looked well and were amiable. From Wordnik.com. [Nature's Serial Story] Reference
Stenotaphrum dimidiatum (dogtooth grass). From Wordnik.com. [14. Wild Grains] Reference
In a Spring wood, where dogtooth violets grow. From Wordnik.com. [A Dome of Many-Coloured Glass] Reference
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