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WOLVES-TETH

Volume 3 · 59 words · 1771 Edition

of a horse, are overgrown grinders, the points of which being higher than the rest, prick his tongue and gums in feeding, so as to hinder his chewing. They are seldom met with in any besides young horses; but if they be not daily worn by chewing, they will grow up even to pierce the roof of the mouth.