dog-tooth

They started their horses, but a dog-tooth violet, shouldering amongst the maidenhair, caught her eye and made her rein in again.

Chapter XXIV 2010

The Normans translated it into their own style in Cambridge, with thick pillars and supporting round arches, and rainbow-like concentric bands of dog-tooth carving.01223 311602More a country pied à terre by modern standards, this is one of the few surviving fragments of domestic architecture from the end of the Norman era c1200.

Early medieval architecture in Britain: examples from the era 2011

On her wedding day Dede had discovered a long dog-tooth violet by the zigzag trail above the redwood spring, and here she continued to plant more and more.

Chapter XXV 2010

In silence, they watched the crow guarding its nest and the dog-tooth line of stone fences.

The Mercury Visions of Louis Daguerre Dominic Smith 2006

In silence, they watched the crow guarding its nest and the dog-tooth line of stone fences.

The Mercury Visions of Louis Daguerre Dominic Smith 2006

In silence, they watched the crow guarding its nest and the dog-tooth line of stone fences.

The Mercury Visions of Louis Daguerre Dominic Smith 2006

For the dog-tooth pattern of the Norman was faintly traceable round all the arches, giving them, above the cavernous darkness, something of the look of the mouths of monstrous sharks.

The Complete Father Brown 2003

For the dog-tooth pattern of the Norman was faintly traceable round all the arches, giving them, above the cavernous darkness, something of the look of the mouths of monstrous sharks.

The Complete Father Brown 2003

Meanwhile, the Magician was trying to avoid the snapping jaws of dog-tooth violets and dandelions, while a hawkweed made little swoops at his head.

The Source of Magic Anthony, Piers 1979

The arch has three orders, decorated with elaborate chevron ornaments, enclosed with a hood moulding carved with an enrichment somewhat resembling the dog-tooth.

Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys Herbert Story