Careful Words

tooth (n.)

tooth (adj.)

With tooth and nail.

Du Bartas (1544-1590): First Week, Second Day.

  Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

Old Testament: Deuteronomy xix. 21.

A forted residence 'gainst the tooth of time

And razure of oblivion.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Measure for Measure. Act v. Sc. 1.

In records that defy the tooth of time.

Edward Young (1684-1765): The Statesman's Creed.

Sweet, sweet, sweet poison for the age's tooth.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): King John. Act i. Sc. 1.

How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is

To have a thankless child!

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): King Lear. Act i. Sc. 4.

For there was never yet philosopher

That could endure the toothache patiently.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Much Ado about Nothing. Act v. Sc. 1.